Weather Records on 11 June 1981

866 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 June 1981. Highest significance: Butler 4W, US.

Key Facts for 11 June 1981

On 11 June 1981, 866 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 838 daily.
Butler 4W set an all-time record daily precipitation of 220.2 mm (8.7 in) on 11 June 1981.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

866 stations

866 station records on 11 June 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 June 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mermentau	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Cygne 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Adair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fyodorov Sovkhoz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost Forest Headquarters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans D P S 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanceburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mullion Creek (Mullion Range F	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Towong Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huitzuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

866 records

Records set or tied on 11 June 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 355.

Records on 11 June 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 June 1981 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 22, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 June 1981

Top 20 records on 11 June 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 June 1981	Butler 4W, US	all-time rain	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	75 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1981	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	150.7 mm (5.9 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1981	Appleton City, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1981	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Paola, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Bethel AP, US	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Springfield Exp STN, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Talbotton, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Mermentau, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Turgaj, KZ	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Georgetown, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	La Cygne 4ESE, US	all-time rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Windsor, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Goonumbla (Coradgery), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Lindsborg 3E, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Jennings, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1981	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 866 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	2
1811	1
1812	1
1816	1
1821	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1869	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	5
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	15
1904	4
1905	9
1906	11
1907	23
1908	20
1909	22
1910	28
1911	59
1912	40
1913	32
1914	26
1915	44
1916	73
1917	157
1918	29
1919	27
1920	37
1921	109
1922	69
1923	199
1924	114
1925	138
1926	130
1927	181
1928	179
1929	132
1930	143
1931	200
1932	174
1933	589
1934	228
1935	243
1936	377
1937	386
1938	370
1939	344
1940	388
1941	623
1942	515
1943	216
1944	266
1945	702
1946	283
1947	754
1948	361
1949	461
1950	352
1951	417
1952	580
1953	585
1954	288
1955	1,073
1956	783
1957	599
1958	554
1959	315
1960	260
1961	390
1962	314
1963	707
1964	601
1965	405
1966	530
1967	494
1968	423
1969	620
1970	762
1971	368
1972	1,455
1973	803
1974	543
1975	622
1976	621
1977	530
1978	517
1979	745
1980	765
1981	866
1982	633
1983	596
1984	824
1985	725
1986	720
1987	494
1988	1,012
1989	879
1990	612
1991	922
1992	833
1993	938
1994	608
1995	1,273
1996	1,127
1997	1,067
1998	1,487
1999	916
2000	1,271
2001	1,027
2002	1,057
2003	857
2004	939
2005	1,828
2006	1,566
2007	778
2008	1,468
2009	1,012
2010	1,263
2011	918
2012	864
2013	892
2014	536
2015	583
2016	810
2017	760
2018	645
2019	915
2020	581
2021	1,036
2022	1,449
2023	570
2024	604
2025	724
2026	867

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	660
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1