Weather Records on 8 June 1973

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1973. Highest significance: Fernie, CA.

Key Facts for 8 June 1973

On 8 June 1973, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 618 daily.
Fernie set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 8 June 1973.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 8 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Petrovskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uaua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Horinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mariinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Sal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiapaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1973

Top 20 records on 8 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1973	Fernie, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1973	Petrovskij Zavod, RU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1973	Zinapecuaro, MX	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Enterprise, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Kyra, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	La Estanzuela (Eele), UY	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Gorjacinsk, RU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Arad, RO	monthly rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	San Rafael-Civic Ctr, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Winfield 2 SW, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Uaua, BR	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Berkeley, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Horinsk, RU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Genoa, IT	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	125 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Charleston Intl AP, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	Berkeley, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1973	W Blocton, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	41 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1973. 1973 had 631 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 1973-06-08: 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	472
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1