Weather Records on 8 June 2011

1,491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 2011. Highest significance: Sandford (Maydena), AU.

Key Facts for 8 June 2011

On 8 June 2011, 1,491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,120 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,429 daily.
Sandford (Maydena) set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 8 June 2011.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,491 stations

1,491 station records on 8 June 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Maravilla	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pamjatnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mauriceton (Jordan River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longley (Telopea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Plains (Cataract Falls)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orielton (East Orielton Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolas Bravo KM. 71	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunalley (Bangor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon Vale (Poplar Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucaston (Bakers Creek Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cacaos-Orocovis	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlinna Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hallands_Vadero	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,491 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 621, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 499, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 June 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	621
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	499
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 June 2011 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 58, daily 1,429.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,114 broken records

Margins by which the 1,114 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 2011

Top 20 records on 8 June 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 2011	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Potchefstroom, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	78 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Richmond (Lowlands), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Ashton 1N, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Dover, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Opossum Bay, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Jericho (Bowsden), AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Nagpur Sonegaon, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 June 2011	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2011	Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2011	Wattle Hill, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2011	Cerro Maravilla, PR	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2011	Kimberley, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2011	Pamjatnaja, RU	monthly rain	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2011	Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2011	Mauriceton (Jordan River), AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 2011	Longley (Telopea), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 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

1793 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2011. 2011 had 1,491 records.

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

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	748
2017	560
2018	386
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	403

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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 100	1,112
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1