Weather Records on 15 June 1953

453 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 1953. Highest significance: Amenia, US.

Key Facts for 15 June 1953

On 15 June 1953, 453 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 416 daily.
Amenia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 134.6 mm (5.3 in) on 15 June 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

453 stations

453 station records on 15 June 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammdi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sursand	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

453 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 15 June 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 June 1953 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 30, daily 416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

347 broken records

Margins by which the 347 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 1953

Top 20 records on 15 June 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 1953	Amenia, US	all-time rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1953	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Cluj Napoca, RO	monthly rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Hata, IN	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Darauli, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Marhaura(Amnar), IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Manamathurai, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Belsand, IN	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Linton, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Sasvad, IN	all-time rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Bundi, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Kamuthi, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Valley City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Addanki, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Alma, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Napoleon, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1953	Wishek, US	all-time rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	21 years	36 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 453 records.

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

Records on 06-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1822	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	2
1844	1
1845	3
1846	2
1847	2
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	2
1857	2
1858	1
1860	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1891	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	2
1901	4
1902	9
1903	11
1904	6
1905	9
1906	8
1907	5
1908	39
1909	10
1910	15
1911	38
1912	67
1913	21
1914	17
1915	27
1916	77
1917	85
1918	39
1919	133
1920	56
1921	38
1922	41
1923	117
1924	158
1925	242
1926	205
1927	298
1928	106
1929	175
1930	314
1931	283
1932	154
1933	881
1934	167
1935	339
1936	338
1937	258
1938	366
1939	320
1940	401
1941	204
1942	465
1943	577
1944	493
1945	846
1946	495
1947	376
1948	932
1949	662
1950	508
1951	386
1952	1,001
1953	453
1954	368
1955	326
1956	587
1957	499
1958	437
1959	468
1960	489
1961	905
1962	439
1963	578
1964	395
1965	470
1966	369
1967	714
1968	546
1969	981
1970	389
1971	349
1972	591
1973	716
1974	609
1975	357
1976	832
1977	557
1978	633
1979	580
1980	539
1981	1,449
1982	605
1983	571
1984	538
1985	675
1986	499
1987	1,460
1988	1,006
1989	1,467
1990	710
1991	1,046
1992	1,025
1993	657
1994	1,238
1995	1,291
1996	672
1997	1,063
1998	1,874
1999	987
2000	1,041
2001	942
2002	991
2003	661
2004	734
2005	1,028
2006	926
2007	951
2008	500
2009	685
2010	990
2011	877
2012	647
2013	385
2014	415
2015	708
2016	791
2017	627
2018	657
2019	543
2020	680
2021	1,575
2022	1,343
2023	551
2024	502
2025	737
2026	1,014

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Data for records on 1953-06-15: 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 20	313
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2