Weather Records on 16 June 1946

602 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1946. Highest significance: Put-In-Bay, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 1946

On 16 June 1946, 602 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 574 daily.
Put-In-Bay set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 16 June 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

602 stations

602 station records on 16 June 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isakapally	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little Sioux	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

602 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 116.

Records on 16 June 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1946 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1946

Top 20 records on 16 June 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1946	Put-In-Bay, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1946	Chatham 2, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1946	Chippewa Lake, US	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1946	Des Moines, US	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1946	Wooster 2 SE, US	all-time rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1946	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1946	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1946	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Kavali, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Yaval, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Palkot, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Amalner, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Jalgaon, IN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	David City 4E, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Wakeeney, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Osceola, US	monthly high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Wooster Exp STN, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 1946	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	27 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 602 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

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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).