Weather Records on 4 June 1961

609 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1961. Highest significance: Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ.

Key Facts for 4 June 1961

On 4 June 1961, 609 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
271 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 594 daily.
Oran-Hopital Militaire set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 4 June 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

609 stations

609 station records on 4 June 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 June 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mequatlingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newbicup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shorlakode	India	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Noggerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Binthalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miraj Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yardie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meedo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mehmedabad	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	42.7 C (108.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

609 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 June 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1961

Top 20 records on 4 June 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1961	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	107 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Bendigo Channel, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Mequatlingsnek, ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Gadhinglaj, IN	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Ladybrand (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Groongal (Groongal Station), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Bultfontein (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Elk City 4 W, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Yea, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Kalkpoort, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Elkhart, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Rooipoort, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Westbourne, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Newbicup, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Noyyatinkara, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1961	Arnett 3NE, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1796 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 609 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	439
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	28
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4