Weather Records on 6 June 1998

2,815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1998. Highest significance: Greeneville Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 6 June 1998

On 6 June 1998, 2,815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
988 were record highs and 1,443 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 29 were all-time records, 188 monthly and 2,598 daily.
Greeneville Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 6 June 1998.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 6 June 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Heinsberg-Schleiden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grant Grove	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Schaesberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spakenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogeveen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harderwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Noorbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schinnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zwolle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vitim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sevenum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,815 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 524, Lowest daily maximum 741, Highest daily minimum 464, Lowest daily minimum 702, Heaviest daily rainfall 381, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 June 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	524
Lowest daily maximum	741
Highest daily minimum	464
Lowest daily minimum	702
Heaviest daily rainfall	381
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 June 1998 by timescale: all-time 29, monthly 188, daily 2,598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,273 broken records

Margins by which the 2,273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1998

Top 20 records on 6 June 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1998	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1998	Heinsberg-Schleiden, DE	monthly rain	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1998	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	106 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Grant Grove, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Tilden 4 SSE, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Schaesberg, NL	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Roermond, NL	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	109 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Beaver City, US	monthly low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Kenton, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Papenburg, DE	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Marion 2 N, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Defiance, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Spakenburg, NL	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Pratt 3NW, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1998	Woltersum, NL	daily rain	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1998. 1998 had 2,815 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 100	2,272
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1