Weather Records on 15 June 1940

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 1940. Highest significance: Kustanai, KZ.

Key Facts for 15 June 1940

On 15 June 1940, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 395 daily.
Kustanai set an all-time record daily precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 15 June 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

401 stations

401 station records on 15 June 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddapah	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 121.

Records on 15 June 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 June 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 1940

Top 20 records on 15 June 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 1940	Kustanai, KZ	all-time rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Proddatur, IN	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Kamalapuram, IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Cuddapah, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Highland Home, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	St Georges, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Mysore, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Pakala, IN	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Tuskegee, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Buchanan, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1940	Rangia, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1940	Chintamani, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1940	Punganur, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1940	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1940	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1940	Mildura Post Office, AU	daily high min	14.1 C (57.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 June 1940	Shubuta, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	28 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 401 records.

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

Records on 06-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1822	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	2
1844	1
1845	3
1846	2
1847	2
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	2
1857	2
1858	1
1860	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1891	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	2
1901	4
1902	9
1903	11
1904	6
1905	9
1906	8
1907	5
1908	39
1909	10
1910	15
1911	38
1912	67
1913	21
1914	17
1915	27
1916	77
1917	85
1918	39
1919	133
1920	56
1921	38
1922	41
1923	117
1924	158
1925	242
1926	205
1927	298
1928	106
1929	175
1930	314
1931	283
1932	154
1933	881
1934	167
1935	339
1936	338
1937	258
1938	366
1939	320
1940	401
1941	204
1942	465
1943	577
1944	493
1945	846
1946	495
1947	376
1948	932
1949	662
1950	508
1951	386
1952	1,001
1953	453
1954	368
1955	326
1956	587
1957	499
1958	437
1959	468
1960	489
1961	905
1962	439
1963	578
1964	395
1965	470
1966	369
1967	714
1968	546
1969	981
1970	389
1971	349
1972	591
1973	716
1974	609
1975	357
1976	832
1977	557
1978	633
1979	580
1980	539
1981	1,449
1982	605
1983	571
1984	538
1985	675
1986	499
1987	1,460
1988	1,006
1989	1,467
1990	710
1991	1,046
1992	1,025
1993	657
1994	1,238
1995	1,291
1996	672
1997	1,063
1998	1,874
1999	987
2000	1,041
2001	942
2002	991
2003	661
2004	734
2005	1,028
2006	926
2007	951
2008	500
2009	685
2010	990
2011	877
2012	647
2013	385
2014	415
2015	708
2016	791
2017	627
2018	657
2019	543
2020	680
2021	1,575
2022	1,343
2023	551
2024	502
2025	737
2026	1,014

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Data for records on 1940-06-15: 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 20	281
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1