Weather Records on 18 June 1962

302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1962. Highest significance: Ft Deposit, US.

Key Facts for 18 June 1962

On 18 June 1962, 302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 296 daily.
Ft Deposit set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 18 June 1962.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

302 stations

302 station records on 18 June 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Culicup Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwerus (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keninup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loeriesfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jingalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wonnenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lokenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

302 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 June 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 June 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

238 broken records

Margins by which the 238 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1962

Top 20 records on 18 June 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1962	Ft Deposit, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Culicup Estate, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Benalla, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Nuwerus (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Keninup, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Oak Park, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Balingup, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Amelup, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Jingalup, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Gaylord, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Forest Grove, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Chilton, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Cloudskraal, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Panhandle, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Wonnenup, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1962	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	34 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1962. 1962 had 302 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 18 June 1962
Margin	Records
0 to 10	188
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1