Weather Records on 15 June 1974

609 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 1974. Highest significance: Verhne-Markovo, RU.

Key Facts for 15 June 1974

On 15 June 1974, 609 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 592 daily.
Verhne-Markovo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 15 June 1974.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

609 stations

609 station records on 15 June 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Verhne-Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bol'sie-Uki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhny-Chir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hightower	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pavlograd	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
UNIV of Utah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hartline	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	543.6 cm (214.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coral Harbour A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

609 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 267, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 June 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	267
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 June 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

486 broken records

Margins by which the 486 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 966.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 1974

Top 20 records on 15 June 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 1974	Verhne-Markovo, RU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1974	Novosibirsk, RU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Troickij Priisk, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Green Rvr, US	all-time high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Lagarto, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Campbellford, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Bol'sie-Uki, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Nizhny-Chir, RU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Debaltseve, UA	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Knightstown 2 ENE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Amos, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Lumberton, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Winchester 7 SE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Tuba City, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Marquette, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1974	Hightower, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	36 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 609 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

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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 200	485
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1