Weather Records on 8 June 1971

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1971. Highest significance: Rhinelander, US.

Key Facts for 8 June 1971

On 8 June 1971, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 496 daily.
Rhinelander set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 8 June 1971.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 8 June 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirama (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Bremen	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benedito Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koomooloo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Itoupava Central	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Yarley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paca-Ata	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schenectady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alberrie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 June 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 June 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1971

Top 20 records on 8 June 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1971	Rhinelander, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Truro, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Lockwood, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Stockwell, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Valemount, CA	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Timbo Novo (Pcd), BR	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Ibirama (Pcd), BR	daily rain	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Taio (Pcd), BR	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Waterville 2, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Angaston, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Nova Bremen, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Jasper, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Dutton, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	New Castle, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Benedito Novo, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Koomooloo Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1971	Houghton (Glen Ewin), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 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

1793 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 504 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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Data for records on 1971-06-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	393
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1