Weather Records on 12 June 1961

405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 June 1961. Highest significance: Korba, IN.

Key Facts for 12 June 1961

On 12 June 1961, 405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 401 daily.
Korba set a daily record precipitation of 155.0 mm (6.1 in) on 12 June 1961.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

405 stations

405 station records on 12 June 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 June 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	258.8 mm (10.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rafiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Slave Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palhera	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Forge 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eadine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nokomis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jaunpur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kotaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kondapar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waramain	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ozuluama	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

405 records

Records set or tied on 12 June 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 208.

Records on 12 June 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 June 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 401.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 June 1961

Top 20 records on 12 June 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 June 1961	Korba, IN	daily rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1961	Panki, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Kathghora, IN	all-time rain	258.8 mm (10.2 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Paliganj, IN	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	139.9 mm (5.5 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Rafiganj, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Appleton, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Shillong, IN	daily rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Slave Lake, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Oneonta, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Notre Dame du Laus, CA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Mahuadaur, IN	daily rain	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Jashpurnagar, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Adhoura, IN	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Muralgarra, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Pallinup, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Sakti, IN	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Palhera, IN	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1961	Clifton Forge 2 NW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	39 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

1797 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1961. 1961 had 405 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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Data for records on 1961-06-12: 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	252
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1