Weather Records on 6 June 1973

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1973. Highest significance: Dahlonega 4WSW, US.

Key Facts for 6 June 1973

On 6 June 1973, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 546 daily.
Dahlonega 4WSW set a daily record precipitation of 80.3 mm (3.2 in) on 6 June 1973.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 6 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lalla Rookh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Acude General Sampaio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Coremas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muskoka A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tabba Tabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna Lock 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Romeo 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corunna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hightower	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Indep Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 273.

Records on 6 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

442 broken records

Margins by which the 442 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1973

Top 20 records on 6 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1973	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	98 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1973	Lalla Rookh, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Kingston, US	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Acude General Sampaio, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Acude Coremas, BR	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	The Granites, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Norcross, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Murgoo, AU	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Shackleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Rainbow Lake, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Meekatharra Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Sandusky, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Merrill, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Muskoka A, CA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1973	Muccan, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	7 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

1797 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1973. 1973 had 552 records.

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

Records on 06-06 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1804	2
1805	1
1808	1
1809	1
1816	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	2
1856	1
1857	1
1861	2
1862	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	5
1872	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	4
1883	2
1884	1
1885	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1898	2
1899	12
1900	2
1901	9
1902	7
1903	5
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	22
1908	17
1909	9
1910	38
1911	16
1912	19
1913	31
1914	43
1915	18
1916	44
1917	173
1918	49
1919	50
1920	61
1921	92
1922	87
1923	157
1924	107
1925	455
1926	342
1927	279
1928	310
1929	177
1930	204
1931	440
1932	291
1933	717
1934	415
1935	441
1936	262
1937	370
1938	274
1939	360
1940	185
1941	338
1942	265
1943	459
1944	298
1945	889
1946	766
1947	251
1948	504
1949	311
1950	526
1951	480
1952	556
1953	390
1954	620
1955	267
1956	310
1957	428
1958	557
1959	476
1960	327
1961	629
1962	388
1963	437
1964	501
1965	458
1966	431
1967	553
1968	481
1969	712
1970	722
1971	411
1972	723
1973	552
1974	520
1975	712
1976	860
1977	1,105
1978	804
1979	542
1980	741
1981	1,027
1982	1,176
1983	1,082
1984	939
1985	1,236
1986	1,008
1987	949
1988	1,400
1989	1,272
1990	1,099
1991	1,094
1992	820
1993	1,373
1994	821
1995	1,260
1996	1,107
1997	1,327
1998	2,815
1999	1,151
2000	1,321
2001	1,039
2002	1,141
2003	998
2004	962
2005	990
2006	1,024
2007	1,012
2008	1,513
2009	1,057
2010	1,192
2011	1,064
2012	627
2013	482
2014	563
2015	662
2016	1,136
2017	491
2018	515
2019	606
2020	873
2021	992
2022	456
2023	589
2024	973
2025	546
2026	507

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 June 1973
Margin	Records
0 to 10	346
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	3