Weather Records on 12 June 1966

530 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 June 1966. Highest significance: Grinnell 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 12 June 1966

On 12 June 1966, 530 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 259 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 520 daily.
Grinnell 3 SW set a daily record precipitation of 75.4 mm (3.0 in) on 12 June 1966.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

530 stations

530 station records on 12 June 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 June 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rani(Ranigoda)	India	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pendencias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	731.2 mm (28.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Afonso Bezerra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdagaci	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gastonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

530 records

Records set or tied on 12 June 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 179, Heaviest daily rainfall 181.

Records on 12 June 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	179
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 June 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

440 broken records

Margins by which the 440 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 June 1966

Top 20 records on 12 June 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 June 1966	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1966	Kampur, IN	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1966	Rani(Ranigoda), IN	daily rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	224.5 mm (8.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Hampton, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Kansas City Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Bowling Green 1 E, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Independence #1, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Kopati(Kaupati), IN	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Pendencias, BR	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Cherrapunji, IN	daily rain	731.2 mm (28.8 in)	228.8 mm (9.0 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Startup 1 E, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Afonso Bezerra, BR	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Kyra, RU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1966	Chardzhev, TM	daily high min	26.4 C (79.5 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	55 years	35 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1966. 1966 had 530 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 50	431
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2