Weather Records on 16 June 1974

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1974. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 16 June 1974

On 16 June 1974, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
337 were record highs and 393 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 896 daily.
Oxford set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 16 June 1974.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 16 June 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moura Brasil	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coruripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tambov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Livny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhny-Chir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogoron	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aguililla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
UNIV of Utah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manassas 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 236, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 157, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 June 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	236
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	157
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 June 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 896.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

727 broken records

Margins by which the 727 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 965.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1974

Top 20 records on 16 June 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1974	Oxford, GB	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1974	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1974	Cedar Run (River), US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1974	Moura Brasil, BR	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	State College, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Coruripe, BR	monthly rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Ridgway, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Tambov, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Rest Lake, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Escanaba, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Marquette, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Japaratuba, BR	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Livny, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Nizhny-Chir, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1974	Lubny, UA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 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

1794 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 915 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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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	726
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1