Weather Records on 18 June 1973

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1973. Highest significance: Savage, US.

Key Facts for 18 June 1973

On 18 June 1973, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 538 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 847 daily.
Savage set an all-time record daily precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 18 June 1973.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 18 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sar'ja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tagus	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vendinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lomba Alta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Mechen Dam 13	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling Warwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 278, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 260, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	278
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	260
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 847.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

679 broken records

Margins by which the 679 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1973

Top 20 records on 18 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1973	Savage, US	all-time rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1973	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1973	Buskala Rch, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Sar'ja, RU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Madison 3NNW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Paisley, GB	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Tagus, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Sulak, RU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Mildred, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Sidney, US	all-time rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Anthony Lagoon, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Golden, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Vendinga, RU	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Wells, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Covington, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1973	Blowing Rock 1NW, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	0 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

1800 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1973. 1973 had 861 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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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	644
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1