Weather Records on 16 June 1957

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1957. Highest significance: Flandreau, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 1957

On 16 June 1957, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
330 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 726 daily.
Flandreau set an all-time record daily precipitation of 180.1 mm (7.1 in) on 16 June 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

751 stations

751 station records on 16 June 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trotters 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 16 June 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1957 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 726.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

562 broken records

Margins by which the 562 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1957

Top 20 records on 16 June 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1957	Flandreau, US	all-time rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1957	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1957	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1957	York, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1957	Elgin, US	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Red Cloud, US	monthly rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Big Timber, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Campestre, BR	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Chambers, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Audubon, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Arcadia, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Jefferson, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Boone, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Miller, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Schuyler, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Green Rvr, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Clay Ctr 6 ESE, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Greeley, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1957	Channagiri, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	44 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 751 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1957-06-16: 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	37
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1