Weather Records on 17 June 1949

571 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1949. Highest significance: Pakala, IN.

Key Facts for 17 June 1949

On 17 June 1949, 571 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 541 daily.
Pakala set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 17 June 1949.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

571 stations

571 station records on 17 June 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Marloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isakapally	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alice (Eurella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kayford	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

571 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 June 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 June 1949 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

455 broken records

Margins by which the 455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1949

Top 20 records on 17 June 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1949	Pakala, IN	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1949	Marloo, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1949	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	monthly rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1949	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	monthly rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Frostburg, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	East Anaconda, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Philipsburg, US	monthly snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Hamilton, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Bluefield 2 NW, US	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Glen Lyn, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Cudgegong (Kiora), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Philipsburg, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Quorn, CA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Adel, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Settle, US	monthly rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1949	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	52 years	40 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1949. 1949 had 571 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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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 June 1949
Margin	Records
0 to 100	452
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1