Weather Records on 15 June 1955

326 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 1955. Highest significance: Russellville, US.

Key Facts for 15 June 1955

On 15 June 1955, 326 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 312 daily.
Russellville set a daily record precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 15 June 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

326 stations

326 station records on 15 June 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Immarna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hughes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Klipbanksfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Korong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harihar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ooldea Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zanthus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wynbring Siding (Tar 377 Mile)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

326 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 15 June 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 June 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 312.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

253 broken records

Margins by which the 253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 1955

Top 20 records on 15 June 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 1955	Russellville, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1955	Immarna, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1955	Barton, AU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Cook, AU	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Hughes, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Klipbanksfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Widgiemooltha, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Korong, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Harihar, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Quanbun Downs, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Stokes, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Menzies, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Ooldea Railway, AU	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Morrilton, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	69 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Ernakulam, IN	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Birch Tree, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Arukutty, IN	daily rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1955	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	35 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 326 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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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 10	206
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1