Weather Records on 6 June 2008

1,513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 2008. Highest significance: Grand Marais, US.

Key Facts for 6 June 2008

On 6 June 2008, 1,513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
942 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,443 daily.
Grand Marais set a daily record precipitation of 122.2 mm (4.8 in) on 6 June 2008.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,513 stations

1,513 station records on 6 June 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Finca la Soledad	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El Mayab	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abritas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Zorrilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flotningen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kirley 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Dieguito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bolotnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,513 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 281, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 661, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 338.

Records on 6 June 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	281
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	661
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 2008 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 63, daily 1,443.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,158 broken records

Margins by which the 1,158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 2008

Top 20 records on 6 June 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 2008	Grand Marais, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	108 years	77 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re, AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Casey, US	monthly rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Winter, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Gann Valley 4NW, US	all-time rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	62 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Manhattan, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 June 2008	Umberumberka Reservoir, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	Broken Hill Airport AWS, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	Zearing, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	Bridgewater, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	Finca la Soledad, MX	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	El Mayab, MX	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	95 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	Abritas, MX	daily rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 2008	Francisco Zorrilla, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	53 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2008. 2008 had 1,513 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 2008-06-06: 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	1,068
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1