Weather Records on 6 June 1961

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1961. Highest significance: Lankaran, AZ.

Key Facts for 6 June 1961

On 6 June 1961, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 619 daily.
Lankaran set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 6 June 1961.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 6 June 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kurtha	India	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Joe Rich Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wara	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eadine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McCulloch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shuswap Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 June 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1961

Top 20 records on 6 June 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1961	Lankaran, AZ	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1961	Barabinsk, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Barharwa, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Kurtha, IN	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Mahbubnagar, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Joe Rich Creek, CA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	State UNIV, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Aachen, DE	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Chodavaram, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Palkot, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Gurjala(Gurujala), IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Wara, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Khajauli, IN	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Monkerai Upper (Redleaf), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1961	Grenfell, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	66 years	38 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1961. 1961 had 629 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 1961-06-06: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 June 1961
Margin	Records
0 to 20	513
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1