Weather Records on 17 June 1912

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1912. Highest significance: Oudtshoorn, ZA.

Key Facts for 17 June 1912

On 17 June 1912, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 41 daily.
Oudtshoorn set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 17 June 1912.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 17 June 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 29.

Records on 17 June 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 41.

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 37.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1912

Top 20 records on 17 June 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1912	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1912	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1912	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1912	Somerset East, ZA	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1912	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1912	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Yardley Chase, ZA	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Stony Mountain, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Galway, IE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
17 June 1912	Santa Fe, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	16 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

1807 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1912. 1912 had 47 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	29
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	2