Weather Records on 17 June 1954

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1954. Highest significance: Columbus Ohio St UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 17 June 1954

On 17 June 1954, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 479 daily.
Columbus Ohio St UNIV set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 17 June 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 17 June 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hoult Lock 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jambusar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heath Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 June 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1954

Top 20 records on 17 June 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1954	Columbus Ohio St UNIV, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Hoult Lock 15, US	all-time rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Senekal (Agr), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Waverly, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Loup City, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Jambusar, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Seward, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Brownsville Lock 6, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Kisinev, MD	monthly high min	22.3 C (72.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Heath Springs, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Casey, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Bronkhorstfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Morgenrood, ZA	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Ravenna, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Syferfontein, ZA	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1954	Eckman 2 SE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	34 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

1807 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1954. 1954 had 488 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	355
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1