Weather Records on 12 June 1959

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 June 1959. Highest significance: Perm, RU.

Key Facts for 12 June 1959

On 12 June 1959, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 317 daily.
Perm set a daily record precipitation of 29.3 mm (1.2 in) on 12 June 1959.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

320 stations

320 station records on 12 June 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 June 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barachatti	India	Record daily precipitation	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mankapur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grant Dam 38	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Urania	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ayodhya Ajobhy	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 12 June 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 12 June 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 June 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 317.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

237 broken records

Margins by which the 237 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 June 1959

Top 20 records on 12 June 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 June 1959	Perm, RU	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Hailey 3 WSW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Supply 1 E, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Barachatti, IN	monthly rain	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Dharmsala Lower, IN	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Hvar, HR	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Houston, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1959	Wien, AT	daily low max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1959	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1959	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1959	Port Stanley, CA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1959	Drummondville, CA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1959	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low max	10.3 C (50.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 June 1959	Amarpara, IN	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	33 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

1797 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1959. 1959 had 320 records.

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

Records on 06-12 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1811	2
1838	1
1840	1
1843	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	4
1879	2
1880	5
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	7
1900	3
1901	3
1902	8
1903	34
1904	8
1905	10
1906	24
1907	20
1908	9
1909	16
1910	37
1911	21
1912	23
1913	19
1914	36
1915	26
1916	80
1917	117
1918	44
1919	56
1920	93
1921	42
1922	56
1923	166
1924	153
1925	165
1926	201
1927	281
1928	180
1929	217
1930	127
1931	150
1932	352
1933	361
1934	159
1935	259
1936	440
1937	405
1938	349
1939	297
1940	389
1941	512
1942	729
1943	399
1944	423
1945	567
1946	321
1947	840
1948	215
1949	407
1950	530
1951	735
1952	1,035
1953	730
1954	337
1955	759
1956	786
1957	310
1958	454
1959	320
1960	200
1961	405
1962	328
1963	618
1964	405
1965	406
1966	530
1967	706
1968	404
1969	834
1970	701
1971	374
1972	903
1973	894
1974	575
1975	560
1976	617
1977	494
1978	438
1979	1,013
1980	718
1981	784
1982	734
1983	664
1984	653
1985	1,203
1986	778
1987	742
1988	785
1989	797
1990	664
1991	756
1992	849
1993	970
1994	654
1995	953
1996	925
1997	932
1998	1,683
1999	806
2000	1,169
2001	1,231
2002	965
2003	1,187
2004	759
2005	1,804
2006	1,216
2007	784
2008	1,219
2009	858
2010	1,423
2011	786
2012	751
2013	931
2014	421
2015	679
2016	809
2017	910
2018	635
2019	1,285
2020	712
2021	767
2022	1,204
2023	805
2024	805
2025	409
2026	979

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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	184
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1