Weather Records on 8 June 1966

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1966. Highest significance: Mullen 3S, US.

Key Facts for 8 June 1966

On 8 June 1966, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 352 daily.
Mullen 3S set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 8 June 1966.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

368 stations

368 station records on 8 June 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Rafael	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rani(Ranigoda)	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jarma	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alvon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yadgir	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zacapu (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Badvel	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 June 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1966

Top 20 records on 8 June 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1966	Mullen 3S, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1966	Big Springs, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Ravenna, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Miller, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Leroy 5 WSW, US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Morada Nova, BR	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Limoeiro Do Norte, BR	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Stapleton 5 SSE, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Sao Rafael, BR	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Rani(Ranigoda), IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Greeley, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Alejskaja, RU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Fleming, US	all-time rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Arthur, US	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Haigler, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe, BR	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Jarma, KZ	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Claflin, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1966	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	45 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

1793 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1966. 1966 had 368 records.

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

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	747
2017	560
2018	385
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	402

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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 20	267
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1