Weather Records on 20 June 1916

83 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1916. Highest significance: Gotska Sandon, SE.

Key Facts for 20 June 1916

On 20 June 1916, 83 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 82 daily.
Gotska Sandon set a daily record precipitation of 31.4 mm (1.2 in) on 20 June 1916.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

83 stations

83 station records on 20 June 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough (Dawson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Pamatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

83 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 32.

Records on 20 June 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 82.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

75 broken records

Margins by which the 75 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 12.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1916

Top 20 records on 20 June 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1916	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1916	Nicosia, CY	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Astana, KZ	monthly rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Lawrence, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Uccle, BE	daily low min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Lakefield, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Landsort, SE	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low max	11.4 C (52.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Peterborough (Dawson), AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Montreal McGill, CA	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Stockholm, SE	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Coan Downs, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Stratford, CA	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1916	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	28 years	15 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

1800 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1916. 1916 had 83 records.

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

Records on 06-20 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1813	1
1821	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1877	2
1879	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	3
1899	6
1900	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	22
1904	13
1905	14
1906	18
1907	10
1908	30
1909	9
1910	27
1911	27
1912	17
1913	30
1914	53
1915	75
1916	83
1917	96
1918	54
1919	67
1920	40
1921	42
1922	61
1923	263
1924	204
1925	483
1926	228
1927	193
1928	199
1929	137
1930	143
1931	536
1932	182
1933	676
1934	301
1935	337
1936	529
1937	412
1938	326
1939	270
1940	469
1941	200
1942	757
1943	447
1944	315
1945	769
1946	849
1947	387
1948	554
1949	314
1950	328
1951	289
1952	318
1953	998
1954	414
1955	291
1956	484
1957	598
1958	603
1959	504
1960	451
1961	836
1962	173
1963	379
1964	729
1965	463
1966	441
1967	687
1968	559
1969	982
1970	482
1971	395
1972	660
1973	553
1974	743
1975	984
1976	899
1977	453
1978	480
1979	727
1980	922
1981	987
1982	801
1983	724
1984	686
1985	811
1986	732
1987	960
1988	1,222
1989	918
1990	899
1991	1,085
1992	1,049
1993	964
1994	925
1995	1,260
1996	1,123
1997	738
1998	1,627
1999	906
2000	1,328
2001	771
2002	955
2003	843
2004	1,071
2005	1,055
2006	820
2007	1,208
2008	669
2009	1,060
2010	865
2011	1,359
2012	1,045
2013	879
2014	381
2015	637
2016	1,352
2017	1,086
2018	635
2019	693
2020	590
2021	1,161
2022	972
2023	1,265
2024	783
2025	944
2026	757

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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 2	45
2 to 4	17
4 to 6	6
6 to 8	4
8 to 10	1
10 to 12	1
12 to 14	1