Weather Records on 16 June 1917

71 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1917. Highest significance: Montgomery Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 1917

On 16 June 1917, 71 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 71 daily.
Montgomery Wb City set a daily record low minimum temperature of 11.1 C (52.0 F) on 16 June 1917.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

71 stations

71 station records on 16 June 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Red Hill Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

71 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 14.

Records on 16 June 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	14
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 71.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

51 broken records

Margins by which the 51 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 17.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1917

Top 20 records on 16 June 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1917	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Warburton, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Oxford, GB	daily high max	31.4 C (88.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Tumut (Red Hill Station), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	St John's, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Beeac (Eurack), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Washington, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	State College, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Morgantown 1, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Beatrice, CA	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Welland, CA	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1917	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	8 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

1794 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 71 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	932
2019	560
2020	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

Download the Data

Data for records on 1917-06-16: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 3	35
3 to 5	7
5 to 8	5
8 to 10	1
10 to 13	1
13 to 15	1
15 to 18	1