Weather Records on 6 June 1981

1,027 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1981. Highest significance: Glen Roy, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 June 1981

On 6 June 1981, 1,027 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
542 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 995 daily.
Glen Roy set a monthly record daily precipitation of 52.5 mm (2.1 in) on 6 June 1981.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,027 stations

1,027 station records on 6 June 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Martin U of T Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biala (Alvison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kinder 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wandina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tathra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Temascales	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Shade	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,027 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 417, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 June 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	417
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 June 1981 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 24, daily 995.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

804 broken records

Margins by which the 804 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1981

Top 20 records on 6 June 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1981	Glen Roy, ZA	monthly rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1981	Helena, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1981	Des Arc, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1981	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1981	Lake City, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1981	Tipp City, US	all-time rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1981	Batesville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Arkabutla Dam, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Murray, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Jasper, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Dresden, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Bens Run 1 SSE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Philippi, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Dyersburg Muni AP, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	W Manchester 3 WSW, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1981	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	46 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1981. 1981 had 1,027 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	701
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	28
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1