Weather Records on 6 June 1979

542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1979. Highest significance: Kempten, DE.

Key Facts for 6 June 1979

On 6 June 1979, 542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 524 daily.
Kempten set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 6 June 1979.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

542 stations

542 station records on 6 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pixoyal (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peamiller (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Agdam	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baker Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.6 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gulfport Naval Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burukan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alibek	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rodessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiksi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cotton Valley 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mazapil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Victorville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

542 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 6 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 13, daily 524.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

428 broken records

Margins by which the 428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1979

Top 20 records on 6 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1979	Kempten, DE	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1979	Brenham, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Cerro, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	San Bernardo (Smn), MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Dzaore, RU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Nurnberg, DE	daily high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Cuero, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Bogorodskoe, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Northfield, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz, DE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Weissenburg, DE	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Linden, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Wien, AT	daily high max	30.4 C (86.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	116 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Prince Albert A, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1979	Pixoyal (Smn), MX	all-time high max	47.8 C (118.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	37 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1979. 1979 had 542 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	399
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1