Weather Records on 24 June 1966

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 June 1966. Highest significance: Beaver City, US.

Key Facts for 24 June 1966

On 24 June 1966, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 478 daily.
Beaver City set an all-time record daily precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 24 June 1966.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 24 June 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 June 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sonua	India	Record daily precipitation	175.9 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kankey	India	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roadene	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hughton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bichhia	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leader	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manypeaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 24 June 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 181.

Records on 24 June 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 June 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 478.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 June 1966

Top 20 records on 24 June 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 June 1966	Beaver City, US	all-time rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 June 1966	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 June 1966	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 June 1966	Julesburg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Dehradun, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Big Springs, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Sonua, IN	monthly rain	175.9 mm (6.9 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Klintonel, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Kankey, IN	monthly rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Creighton, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Roadene, CA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Tirumangalam, IN	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Valdosta 2 S, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Oberlin, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Belleville, CA	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Ghatsila Sr, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Orleans 2 W, US	monthly rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1966	Cambridge, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	38 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

1793 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1966. 1966 had 490 records.

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

Records on 06-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	2
1813	1
1821	1
1822	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	5
1889	4
1892	11
1893	7
1894	4
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	4
1902	10
1903	17
1904	10
1905	13
1906	13
1907	28
1908	25
1909	52
1910	21
1911	24
1912	141
1913	36
1914	50
1915	57
1916	57
1917	24
1918	56
1919	32
1920	31
1921	33
1922	46
1923	262
1924	119
1925	220
1926	219
1927	155
1928	275
1929	299
1930	366
1931	668
1932	351
1933	482
1934	390
1935	279
1936	897
1937	473
1938	388
1939	296
1940	534
1941	361
1942	373
1943	293
1944	394
1945	352
1946	384
1947	432
1948	398
1949	360
1950	681
1951	452
1952	798
1953	422
1954	439
1955	327
1956	603
1957	706
1958	583
1959	369
1960	320
1961	603
1962	260
1963	433
1964	365
1965	443
1966	490
1967	613
1968	500
1969	992
1970	536
1971	557
1972	1,204
1973	400
1974	922
1975	798
1976	840
1977	508
1978	582
1979	830
1980	655
1981	767
1982	615
1983	913
1984	732
1985	797
1986	672
1987	805
1988	1,646
1989	733
1990	689
1991	935
1992	1,104
1993	1,054
1994	1,019
1995	751
1996	1,019
1997	854
1998	1,127
1999	815
2000	605
2001	684
2002	864
2003	1,199
2004	946
2005	1,322
2006	789
2007	779
2008	533
2009	935
2010	1,102
2011	845
2012	991
2013	667
2014	460
2015	583
2016	1,245
2017	1,139
2018	459
2019	889
2020	609
2021	929
2022	650
2023	682
2024	784
2025	1,508
2026	927

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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	335
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1