Weather Records on 26 June 1971

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 June 1971. Highest significance: Bowman Dam, US.

Key Facts for 26 June 1971

On 26 June 1971, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 615 daily.
Bowman Dam set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 26 June 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 26 June 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 June 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Athens 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Masljanino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gleneagle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hopes Advance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vesljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turocak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 26 June 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 June 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 June 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 June 1971

Top 20 records on 26 June 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 June 1971	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1971	Athens 5 NW, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1971	Orovada 3 W, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 June 1971	Idaho City, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Circleville, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	London State Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Myrtle Bank (Lanoma), AU	all-time rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Washington Court House, US	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Grand View 4 NW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Winnemucca AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Sedalia, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Urbana Wrf, US	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Deadwood Dam, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Garden Valley, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Anahuac, MX	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Masljanino, RU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1971	Chester, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	48 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

1799 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1971. 1971 had 635 records.

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

Records on 06-26 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1808	1
1811	3
1814	1
1816	1
1824	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1838	1
1840	2
1843	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	3
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1869	1
1871	4
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	1
1900	3
1901	15
1902	19
1903	11
1904	22
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	10
1909	30
1910	27
1911	37
1912	27
1913	70
1914	55
1915	29
1916	124
1917	25
1918	68
1919	57
1920	24
1921	132
1922	84
1923	294
1924	45
1925	181
1926	273
1927	145
1928	449
1929	173
1930	220
1931	579
1932	198
1933	387
1934	635
1935	313
1936	562
1937	288
1938	395
1939	262
1940	574
1941	388
1942	500
1943	473
1944	502
1945	269
1946	376
1947	273
1948	343
1949	581
1950	524
1951	433
1952	1,274
1953	340
1954	539
1955	362
1956	406
1957	709
1958	989
1959	454
1960	410
1961	622
1962	352
1963	379
1964	323
1965	1,063
1966	380
1967	683
1968	1,268
1969	1,188
1970	916
1971	635
1972	581
1973	583
1974	1,535
1975	797
1976	726
1977	395
1978	860
1979	1,091
1980	1,285
1981	793
1982	792
1983	838
1984	572
1985	897
1986	933
1987	751
1988	1,267
1989	504
1990	818
1991	1,047
1992	958
1993	640
1994	1,177
1995	732
1996	922
1997	737
1998	1,205
1999	853
2000	725
2001	738
2002	760
2003	1,107
2004	1,040
2005	592
2006	1,104
2007	1,547
2008	541
2009	1,062
2010	1,041
2011	840
2012	1,076
2013	800
2014	584
2015	603
2016	546
2017	624
2018	432
2019	970
2020	459
2021	878
2022	825
2023	578
2024	765
2025	730
2026	935

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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	458
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1