Weather Records on 16 June 1955

628 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1955. Highest significance: Port Lincoln, AU.

Key Facts for 16 June 1955

On 16 June 1955, 628 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 590 daily.
Port Lincoln set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 16 June 1955.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

628 stations

628 station records on 16 June 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zanthus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Naretha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tikamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

628 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 438.

Records on 16 June 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	438
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 36, daily 590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1955

Top 20 records on 16 June 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1955	Port Lincoln, AU	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Tumby Bay, AU	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Stansbury, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Elliston, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Warooka, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1955	Arno Bay, AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Normanville, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Butler (Anona), AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Corny Point, AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Zanthus, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1955	Kappawanta, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	55 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 628 records.

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

Records on 06-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1807	1
1822	1
1839	1
1840	2
1841	1
1844	1
1846	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	2
1858	2
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1870	2
1874	1
1880	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	13
1903	11
1904	7
1905	9
1906	17
1907	17
1908	46
1909	7
1910	11
1911	18
1912	33
1913	41
1914	49
1915	26
1916	72
1917	71
1918	36
1919	189
1920	85
1921	50
1922	53
1923	115
1924	159
1925	207
1926	122
1927	361
1928	97
1929	193
1930	412
1931	250
1932	146
1933	477
1934	258
1935	301
1936	362
1937	260
1938	381
1939	602
1940	360
1941	239
1942	398
1943	648
1944	530
1945	980
1946	602
1947	348
1948	560
1949	541
1950	495
1951	276
1952	943
1953	428
1954	524
1955	628
1956	434
1957	751
1958	511
1959	389
1960	482
1961	1,345
1962	405
1963	491
1964	713
1965	940
1966	414
1967	529
1968	326
1969	870
1970	443
1971	465
1972	606
1973	564
1974	915
1975	302
1976	733
1977	466
1978	535
1979	585
1980	685
1981	1,500
1982	777
1983	818
1984	584
1985	744
1986	747
1987	1,400
1988	813
1989	1,310
1990	647
1991	851
1992	872
1993	695
1994	1,219
1995	1,674
1996	723
1997	1,104
1998	1,828
1999	1,012
2000	934
2001	606
2002	979
2003	569
2004	783
2005	740
2006	754
2007	1,001
2008	579
2009	729
2010	931
2011	890
2012	706
2013	407
2014	329
2015	988
2016	772
2017	620
2018	932
2019	560
2020	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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Data for records on 1955-06-16: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	504
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1