Weather Records on 18 June 1966

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1966. Highest significance: Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim, DE.

Key Facts for 18 June 1966

On 18 June 1966, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 414 daily.
Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim set an all-time record daily precipitation of 103.8 mm (4.1 in) on 18 June 1966.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 18 June 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadra	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winters 9 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Komisarivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 18 June 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 June 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1966

Top 20 records on 18 June 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1966	Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim, DE	all-time rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1966	Koyah, IN	daily rain	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1966	Aachen, DE	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Bhadra, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Montcornet, FR	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Dillenburg, DE	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Johnson 11 ESE, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Aiken 5SE, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Askaniia Nova, UA	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Limburg/Lahn-Offheim, DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Iklera(Aklera), IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Dewan, IN	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Fladungen-Heufurt, DE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Kleve, DE	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr, DE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Roermond, NL	monthly rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1966	Rewa, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	43 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

1800 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1966. 1966 had 431 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	333
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1