Weather Records on 20 June 1973

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1973. Highest significance: Perm, RU.

Key Facts for 20 June 1973

On 20 June 1973, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 274 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 540 daily.
Perm set a daily record precipitation of 43.3 mm (1.7 in) on 20 June 1973.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 20 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pinopolis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kara-Aul	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flamengo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoufimsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 214, Heaviest daily rainfall 170.

Records on 20 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	214
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1973

Top 20 records on 20 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1973	Perm, RU	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1973	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1973	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1973	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1973	Santa Paula, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Monticello, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Pinopolis Dam, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Birsk, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Prospect, US	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Avalon Pleasure Pier, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Seaside, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Baddeck, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Russellville, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Kara-Aul, KZ	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	San Andres, MX	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Flamengo, BR	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1973	Artesia 6S, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	37 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 553 records.

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

Records on 06-20 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1813	1
1821	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1877	2
1879	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	3
1899	6
1900	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	22
1904	13
1905	14
1906	18
1907	10
1908	30
1909	9
1910	27
1911	27
1912	17
1913	30
1914	53
1915	75
1916	83
1917	96
1918	54
1919	67
1920	40
1921	42
1922	61
1923	263
1924	204
1925	483
1926	228
1927	193
1928	199
1929	137
1930	143
1931	536
1932	182
1933	676
1934	301
1935	337
1936	529
1937	412
1938	326
1939	270
1940	469
1941	200
1942	757
1943	447
1944	315
1945	769
1946	849
1947	387
1948	554
1949	314
1950	328
1951	289
1952	318
1953	998
1954	414
1955	291
1956	484
1957	598
1958	603
1959	504
1960	451
1961	836
1962	173
1963	379
1964	729
1965	463
1966	441
1967	687
1968	559
1969	982
1970	482
1971	395
1972	660
1973	553
1974	743
1975	984
1976	899
1977	453
1978	480
1979	727
1980	922
1981	987
1982	801
1983	724
1984	686
1985	811
1986	732
1987	960
1988	1,222
1989	918
1990	899
1991	1,085
1992	1,049
1993	964
1994	925
1995	1,260
1996	1,123
1997	738
1998	1,627
1999	906
2000	1,328
2001	771
2002	955
2003	843
2004	1,071
2005	1,055
2006	820
2007	1,208
2008	669
2009	1,060
2010	865
2011	1,359
2012	1,045
2013	879
2014	381
2015	637
2016	1,352
2017	1,086
2018	635
2019	693
2020	590
2021	1,161
2022	972
2023	1,265
2024	783
2025	944
2026	757

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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	404
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1