Weather Records on 8 June 1974

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1974. Highest significance: Grand Lake 1 NW, US.

Key Facts for 8 June 1974

On 8 June 1974, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 778 daily.
Grand Lake 1 NW set a monthly record daily snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 8 June 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 8 June 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Morobay Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	309.9 mm (12.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sapulpa 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stamps	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steubenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 133, Heaviest daily rainfall 310, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 June 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	133
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 June 1974 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 51, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

669 broken records

Margins by which the 669 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1372.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1974

Top 20 records on 8 June 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1974	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1974	Red Rvr, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1974	Morobay Lock, US	all-time rain	309.9 mm (12.2 in)	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	16 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1974	Tres Piedras, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1974	Linden, US	monthly rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1974	Cheyenne, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1974	Mystic Lake, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Hecla, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	74 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Rogers, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Eagle Nest, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	McKinney Muni AP, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Gilmer 4 WNW, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Amity, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Sapulpa 1W, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Taylor, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Walden, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Dillon 1 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1974	Flagler 1S, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	52 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 835 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 200	666
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1