Weather Records on 16 June 1908

46 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1908. Highest significance: Riversdale, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 June 1908

On 16 June 1908, 46 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 44 daily.
Riversdale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 16 June 1908.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

46 stations

46 station records on 16 June 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

46 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 22.

Records on 16 June 1908 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1908

Top 20 records on 16 June 1908 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1908	Riversdale, ZA	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1908	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	31.5 C (88.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1908	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Saint John, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Mantova, IT	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Roermond, NL	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Pointe Au Pere, CA	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Dubuque River, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Gravenhurst, CA	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	9 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	San Diego Wbo, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	9 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Beatrice, CA	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1908	Port Stanley, CA	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	32 years	13 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

1794 to 1908

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1908. 1908 had 46 records.

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

Records on 06-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1807	1
1822	1
1839	1
1840	2
1841	1
1844	1
1846	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	2
1858	2
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1870	2
1874	1
1880	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	13
1903	11
1904	7
1905	9
1906	17
1907	17
1908	46
1909	7
1910	11
1911	18
1912	33
1913	41
1914	49
1915	26
1916	72
1917	71
1918	36
1919	189
1920	85
1921	50
1922	53
1923	115
1924	159
1925	207
1926	122
1927	361
1928	97
1929	193
1930	412
1931	250
1932	146
1933	477
1934	258
1935	301
1936	362
1937	260
1938	381
1939	602
1940	360
1941	239
1942	398
1943	648
1944	530
1945	980
1946	602
1947	348
1948	560
1949	541
1950	495
1951	276
1952	943
1953	428
1954	524
1955	628
1956	434
1957	751
1958	511
1959	389
1960	482
1961	1,345
1962	405
1963	491
1964	713
1965	940
1966	414
1967	529
1968	326
1969	870
1970	443
1971	465
1972	606
1973	564
1974	915
1975	302
1976	733
1977	466
1978	535
1979	585
1980	685
1981	1,500
1982	777
1983	818
1984	584
1985	744
1986	747
1987	1,400
1988	813
1989	1,310
1990	647
1991	851
1992	872
1993	695
1994	1,219
1995	1,674
1996	723
1997	1,104
1998	1,828
1999	1,012
2000	934
2001	606
2002	979
2003	569
2004	783
2005	740
2006	754
2007	1,001
2008	579
2009	729
2010	931
2011	890
2012	706
2013	407
2014	329
2015	988
2016	772
2017	620
2018	931
2019	558
2020	816
2021	1,643
2022	1,236
2023	635
2024	608
2025	679

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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 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 June 1908
Margin	Records
0 to 10	38
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1