Weather Records on 8 June 1961

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1961. Highest significance: Quilandi, IN.

Key Facts for 8 June 1961

On 8 June 1961, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 582 daily.
Quilandi set a daily record precipitation of 323.9 mm (12.8 in) on 8 June 1961.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 8 June 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Four Corners	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amidon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 394.

Records on 8 June 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

519 broken records

Margins by which the 519 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1961

Top 20 records on 8 June 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1961	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1961	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Tada, IN	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Ellore, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Kandukur, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Kharagpur India Aab, IN	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Langet, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Hasanganj, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Binghamton Wb City, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Atner, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Venkatagiri, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Okhimath, IN	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Gatesville, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Four Corners, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1961	Morrilton, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	40 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 588 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	747
2017	560
2018	385
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	402

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Data for records on 1961-06-08: 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	481
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1