Weather Records on 16 June 1973

564 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1973. Highest significance: Daly Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 16 June 1973

On 16 June 1973, 564 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 540 daily.
Daly Waters set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.3 mm (4.5 in) on 16 June 1973.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

564 stations

564 station records on 16 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newcastle Waters Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Feitoria (Sao Felix)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goode Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Cruzeta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Vojampolka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humpty Doo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Vicente (Luiza)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec/Jean Lesage Intl A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalacinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Janesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

564 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 16 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1973

Top 20 records on 16 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1973	Daly Waters, AU	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	82 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 June 1973	Newcastle Waters, AU	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1973	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1973	Nutwood Downs, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1973	Newcastle Waters Post Office, AU	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1973	Emerson, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Darwin Quarantine Station, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Koolpinyah, AU	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Serra Negra Do Norte, BR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Lancaster, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Borroloola, AU	monthly rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Feitoria (Sao Felix), BR	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Goode Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Moline Quad City Intl AP, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Milingimbi, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Crato, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1973	Lewiston, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71 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

1794 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 564 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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Data for records on 1973-06-16: 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	400
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1