Weather Records on 6 June 1978

804 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1978. Highest significance: Wilmington, AU.

Key Facts for 6 June 1978

On 6 June 1978, 804 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 785 daily.
Wilmington set a monthly record daily precipitation of 150.6 mm (5.9 in) on 6 June 1978.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

804 stations

804 station records on 6 June 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cliffs (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kartaly	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sumiha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Berrillee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Contendas Do Sincora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seminole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uzur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coalinga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

804 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 372, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 6 June 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	372
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1978 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1978

Top 20 records on 6 June 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1978	Wilmington, AU	monthly rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	79 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 June 1978	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1978	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1978	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1978	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1978	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1978	Marathon, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1978	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1978	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Jerome 2 S, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Red Cliffs (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	monthly rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Kartaly, RU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Sumiha, RU	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Santander Centro, ES	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Hope, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Wagga Wagga (Berrillee), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1978	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	44 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1978. 1978 had 804 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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Data for records on 1978-06-06: 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	633
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1