Weather Records on 17 June 1948

452 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1948. Highest significance: Carway, CA.

Key Facts for 17 June 1948

On 17 June 1948, 452 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 441 daily.
Carway set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 17 June 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

452 stations

452 station records on 17 June 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breakell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caroling South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurren Kutten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corrigin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kondinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kulin Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gnarming	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumminin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wialcutting	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tambarmering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colony	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

452 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 June 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 June 1948 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 441.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1948

Top 20 records on 17 June 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1948	Carway, CA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Breakell, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Yeola, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Conrad, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Brooklana, AU	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Caroling South, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Tbilisi, GE	all-time rain	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Kurren Kutten, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Minara, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Biloxi, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Corrigin, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Pasighat, IN	daily rain	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Valier, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Murdo, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Goalpara, IN	daily rain	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Buskala Rch, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Wychitella, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Mount Stuart, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1948	Browning, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	38 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

1807 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1948. 1948 had 452 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

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Data for records on 1948-06-17: 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 25	331
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1