Weather Records on 18 June 1955

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1955. Highest significance: Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU.

Key Facts for 18 June 1955

On 18 June 1955, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 695 daily.
Tumut (Wattle Cres) set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 18 June 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 18 June 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lameroo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tallandoon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dhandaus	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 535, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 18 June 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	535
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 June 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 695.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1955

Top 20 records on 18 June 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1955	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1955	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1955	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Springvale, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Corryong (Parish Lane), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Glenaroua, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Kindred (Invergordon), AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Salon, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Walwa, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Expedition Pass Reservoir, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Broadford Golf Course, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Natte Yallock, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Talbot (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Bharthana, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1955	Nariel Creek (Simpson), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	49 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

1800 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1955. 1955 had 721 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 18 June 1955
Margin	Records
0 to 20	571
20 to 40	61
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1