Weather Records on 20 June 1959

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1959. Highest significance: Mesa Verde Np, US.

Key Facts for 20 June 1959

On 20 June 1959, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 492 daily.
Mesa Verde Np set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 20 June 1959.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 20 June 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Perenjori	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Latham East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booralee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humphery Rail Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mulji Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perangery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarralla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hucknell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gnowangerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buntine East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jamshedpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warm Springs Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 174.

Records on 20 June 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1959

Top 20 records on 20 June 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1959	Mesa Verde Np, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Perenjori, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Limon 10 SSW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Everglades, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Latham East, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Booralee, AU	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Humphery Rail Siding, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Hosur, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Bowie, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1959	Saunur(Savnur), IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1959	Grindstone Island, CA	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	61 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1959	Parker, US	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1959	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1959	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1959	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1959	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1959	Mulji Vale, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	31 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

1800 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1959. 1959 had 504 records.

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

Records on 06-20 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1813	1
1821	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1877	2
1879	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	3
1899	6
1900	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	22
1904	13
1905	14
1906	18
1907	10
1908	30
1909	9
1910	27
1911	27
1912	17
1913	30
1914	53
1915	75
1916	83
1917	96
1918	54
1919	67
1920	40
1921	42
1922	61
1923	263
1924	204
1925	483
1926	228
1927	193
1928	199
1929	137
1930	143
1931	536
1932	182
1933	676
1934	301
1935	337
1936	529
1937	412
1938	326
1939	270
1940	469
1941	200
1942	757
1943	447
1944	315
1945	769
1946	849
1947	387
1948	554
1949	314
1950	328
1951	289
1952	318
1953	998
1954	414
1955	291
1956	484
1957	598
1958	603
1959	504
1960	451
1961	836
1962	173
1963	379
1964	729
1965	463
1966	441
1967	687
1968	559
1969	982
1970	482
1971	395
1972	660
1973	553
1974	743
1975	984
1976	899
1977	453
1978	480
1979	727
1980	922
1981	987
1982	801
1983	724
1984	686
1985	811
1986	732
1987	960
1988	1,222
1989	918
1990	899
1991	1,085
1992	1,049
1993	964
1994	925
1995	1,260
1996	1,123
1997	738
1998	1,627
1999	906
2000	1,328
2001	771
2002	955
2003	843
2004	1,071
2005	1,055
2006	820
2007	1,208
2008	669
2009	1,060
2010	865
2011	1,359
2012	1,045
2013	879
2014	381
2015	637
2016	1,352
2017	1,086
2018	635
2019	693
2020	590
2021	1,161
2022	972
2023	1,265
2024	783
2025	944
2026	757

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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	358
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1