Weather Records on 23 June 1959

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 June 1959. Highest significance: Sangli, IN.

Key Facts for 23 June 1959

On 23 June 1959, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 412 daily.
Sangli set an all-time record daily precipitation of 240.0 mm (9.4 in) on 23 June 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 23 June 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 June 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winters 9 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
US Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 23 June 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 240.

Records on 23 June 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 June 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

342 broken records

Margins by which the 342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 June 1959

Top 20 records on 23 June 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 June 1959	Sangli, IN	all-time rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 June 1959	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 June 1959	Nellore, IN	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Nanjangud, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Hunsur, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Srivilliputhur, IN	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Henrietta, US	all-time rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Winters 9 NNE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Podili(Podile), IN	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Tatarsk, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Hollis 5E, US	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Nagamangala, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Cincinnati Fernbank, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Uppiliyapuram, IN	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1959	Arthur City, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	40 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

1805 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1959. 1959 had 427 records.

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

Records on 06-23 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1821	2
1822	1
1824	1
1834	1
1843	1
1849	2
1850	1
1853	2
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1874	3
1876	1
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	4
1887	3
1888	4
1889	4
1890	1
1892	9
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	5
1902	10
1903	22
1904	10
1905	16
1906	14
1907	20
1908	20
1909	29
1910	30
1911	23
1912	38
1913	28
1914	31
1915	127
1916	14
1917	22
1918	92
1919	42
1920	76
1921	72
1922	25
1923	143
1924	86
1925	162
1926	336
1927	104
1928	155
1929	182
1930	408
1931	331
1932	208
1933	605
1934	367
1935	231
1936	627
1937	479
1938	266
1939	218
1940	365
1941	295
1942	475
1943	260
1944	427
1945	394
1946	348
1947	648
1948	567
1949	424
1950	812
1951	443
1952	538
1953	657
1954	486
1955	369
1956	533
1957	514
1958	630
1959	427
1960	452
1961	453
1962	285
1963	546
1964	434
1965	391
1966	426
1967	708
1968	356
1969	969
1970	484
1971	270
1972	1,522
1973	520
1974	625
1975	681
1976	668
1977	480
1978	509
1979	550
1980	633
1981	846
1982	602
1983	968
1984	654
1985	552
1986	628
1987	946
1988	1,751
1989	1,039
1990	639
1991	904
1992	1,675
1993	922
1994	956
1995	891
1996	1,342
1997	777
1998	1,589
1999	904
2000	636
2001	808
2002	1,079
2003	1,335
2004	970
2005	1,070
2006	810
2007	802
2008	533
2009	1,077
2010	966
2011	989
2012	793
2013	525
2014	382
2015	642
2016	1,203
2017	1,012
2018	493
2019	1,174
2020	716
2021	950
2022	661
2023	942
2024	959
2025	1,414
2026	894

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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	237
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1