Weather Records on 15 June 1973

716 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 1973. Highest significance: Moa Island Mission, AU.

Key Facts for 15 June 1973

On 15 June 1973, 716 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 697 daily.
Moa Island Mission set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 15 June 1973.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

716 stations

716 station records on 15 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Priargunsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goode Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stettler	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mabuiag Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maracanau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melitopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darnley Island School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Empress	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ubajara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karymskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Riachao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

716 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 320.

Records on 15 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	320
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 697.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

582 broken records

Margins by which the 582 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 1973

Top 20 records on 15 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 1973	Moa Island Mission, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1973	Murray Island, AU	monthly rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1973	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1973	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1973	Alice Springs Airport, AU	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Wastina Hemaruka, CA	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Pacatuba, BR	monthly rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Jasper, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Calmar, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Sedgewick, CA	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Campsie, CA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Priargunsk, RU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Goode Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Warburton, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Stettler, CA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Kvareli, GE	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Yannathan, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1973	Sao Jose de Mipibu, BR	daily rain	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	47 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 716 records.

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

Records on 06-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1822	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	2
1844	1
1845	3
1846	2
1847	2
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	2
1857	2
1858	1
1860	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1891	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	2
1901	4
1902	9
1903	11
1904	6
1905	9
1906	8
1907	5
1908	39
1909	10
1910	15
1911	38
1912	67
1913	21
1914	17
1915	27
1916	77
1917	85
1918	39
1919	133
1920	56
1921	38
1922	41
1923	117
1924	158
1925	242
1926	205
1927	298
1928	106
1929	175
1930	314
1931	283
1932	154
1933	881
1934	167
1935	339
1936	338
1937	258
1938	366
1939	320
1940	401
1941	204
1942	465
1943	577
1944	493
1945	846
1946	495
1947	376
1948	932
1949	662
1950	508
1951	386
1952	1,001
1953	453
1954	368
1955	326
1956	587
1957	499
1958	437
1959	468
1960	489
1961	905
1962	439
1963	578
1964	395
1965	470
1966	369
1967	714
1968	546
1969	981
1970	389
1971	349
1972	591
1973	716
1974	609
1975	357
1976	832
1977	557
1978	633
1979	580
1980	539
1981	1,449
1982	605
1983	571
1984	538
1985	675
1986	499
1987	1,460
1988	1,006
1989	1,467
1990	710
1991	1,046
1992	1,025
1993	657
1994	1,238
1995	1,291
1996	672
1997	1,063
1998	1,874
1999	987
2000	1,041
2001	942
2002	991
2003	661
2004	734
2005	1,028
2006	926
2007	951
2008	500
2009	685
2010	990
2011	877
2012	647
2013	385
2014	415
2015	708
2016	791
2017	627
2018	657
2019	543
2020	680
2021	1,575
2022	1,343
2023	551
2024	502
2025	737
2026	1,014

Download the Data

Data for records on 1973-06-15: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	542
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1