Weather Records on 12 June 1942

729 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 June 1942. Highest significance: Jonesboro 3 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 12 June 1942

On 12 June 1942, 729 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 706 daily.
Jonesboro 3 SSE set a daily record precipitation of 76.5 mm (3.0 in) on 12 June 1942.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

729 stations

729 station records on 12 June 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 June 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okay 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	200.2 mm (7.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

729 records

Records set or tied on 12 June 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 316, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 199.

Records on 12 June 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	316
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 June 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 June 1942

Top 20 records on 12 June 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 June 1942	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Calera, US	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Tarcoola, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Stratford, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Brentwood Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Courela (Challner), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Nonning, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Attarikhat, IN	daily rain	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Kondoolka, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Wirrulla (Petina), AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Stokes, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Lock (Terre), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1942	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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

1797 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1942. 1942 had 729 records.

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

Records on 06-12 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1811	2
1838	1
1840	1
1843	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	4
1879	2
1880	5
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	7
1900	3
1901	3
1902	8
1903	34
1904	8
1905	10
1906	24
1907	20
1908	9
1909	16
1910	37
1911	21
1912	23
1913	19
1914	36
1915	26
1916	80
1917	117
1918	44
1919	56
1920	93
1921	42
1922	56
1923	166
1924	153
1925	165
1926	201
1927	281
1928	180
1929	217
1930	127
1931	150
1932	352
1933	361
1934	159
1935	259
1936	440
1937	405
1938	349
1939	297
1940	389
1941	512
1942	729
1943	399
1944	423
1945	567
1946	321
1947	840
1948	215
1949	407
1950	530
1951	735
1952	1,035
1953	730
1954	337
1955	759
1956	786
1957	310
1958	454
1959	320
1960	200
1961	405
1962	328
1963	618
1964	405
1965	406
1966	530
1967	706
1968	404
1969	834
1970	701
1971	374
1972	903
1973	894
1974	575
1975	560
1976	617
1977	494
1978	438
1979	1,013
1980	718
1981	784
1982	734
1983	664
1984	653
1985	1,203
1986	778
1987	742
1988	785
1989	797
1990	664
1991	756
1992	849
1993	970
1994	654
1995	953
1996	925
1997	932
1998	1,683
1999	806
2000	1,169
2001	1,231
2002	965
2003	1,187
2004	759
2005	1,804
2006	1,216
2007	784
2008	1,219
2009	858
2010	1,423
2011	786
2012	751
2013	931
2014	421
2015	679
2016	809
2017	910
2018	635
2019	1,285
2020	712
2021	767
2022	1,204
2023	805
2024	805
2025	409
2026	979

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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 20	537
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1