Weather Records on 16 June 1971

465 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1971. Highest significance: Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 1971

On 16 June 1971, 465 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 451 daily.
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 16 June 1971.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

465 stations

465 station records on 16 June 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
South Solitary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Sao Geraldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kapaa Stables 1104	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa Dam 863	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waimea 892	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Preto (Emsa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Penapolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kemoo Camp 8 855	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bulby Brush (Blue Look-Out)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Cmef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Vista Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiraspol	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Palmito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

465 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 234.

Records on 16 June 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1971

Top 20 records on 16 June 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1971	Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1971	Manoa 712.1, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1971	South Solitary Island, AU	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1971	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Sitio Sao Geraldo, BR	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Waipahu 750, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Kapaa Stables 1104, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Wahiawa Dam 863, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Makapuu Point 724, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Waimea 892, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Kaneohe Mauka 781, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Stewarts Brook Composite, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Ribeirao Preto (Emsa), BR	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1971	Waialua 847, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	53 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

1794 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 465 records.

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

Records on 06-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1807	1
1822	1
1839	1
1840	2
1841	1
1844	1
1846	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	2
1858	2
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1870	2
1874	1
1880	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	13
1903	11
1904	7
1905	9
1906	17
1907	17
1908	46
1909	7
1910	11
1911	18
1912	33
1913	41
1914	49
1915	26
1916	72
1917	71
1918	36
1919	189
1920	85
1921	50
1922	53
1923	115
1924	159
1925	207
1926	122
1927	361
1928	97
1929	193
1930	412
1931	250
1932	146
1933	477
1934	258
1935	301
1936	362
1937	260
1938	381
1939	602
1940	360
1941	239
1942	398
1943	648
1944	530
1945	980
1946	602
1947	348
1948	560
1949	541
1950	495
1951	276
1952	943
1953	428
1954	524
1955	628
1956	434
1957	751
1958	511
1959	389
1960	482
1961	1,345
1962	405
1963	491
1964	713
1965	940
1966	414
1967	529
1968	326
1969	870
1970	443
1971	465
1972	606
1973	564
1974	915
1975	302
1976	733
1977	466
1978	535
1979	585
1980	685
1981	1,500
1982	777
1983	818
1984	584
1985	744
1986	747
1987	1,400
1988	813
1989	1,310
1990	647
1991	851
1992	872
1993	695
1994	1,219
1995	1,674
1996	723
1997	1,104
1998	1,828
1999	1,012
2000	934
2001	606
2002	979
2003	569
2004	783
2005	740
2006	754
2007	1,001
2008	579
2009	729
2010	931
2011	890
2012	706
2013	407
2014	329
2015	988
2016	772
2017	620
2018	932
2019	560
2020	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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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	36
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1