Weather Records on 16 June 1948

560 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1948. Highest significance: Wallangarra Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 June 1948

On 16 June 1948, 560 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 534 daily.
Wallangarra Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.7 mm (4.9 in) on 16 June 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

560 stations

560 station records on 16 June 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Myra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Top Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Highlands Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elbow Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

560 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 440, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 June 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	440
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 June 1948 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 20, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1948

Top 20 records on 16 June 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1948	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1948	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1948	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1948	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1948	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1948	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1948	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Casino Airport, AU	all-time rain	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Mangaroon, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Lyndon, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Balgownie West, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Raleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Calliope Public School, AU	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1948	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	22 years	52 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

1794 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 560 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 1948-06-16: 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 50	430
50 to 100	49
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1