Weather Records on 20 June 1974

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1974. Highest significance: Krasnaja_Gora, RU.

Key Facts for 20 June 1974

On 20 June 1974, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 719 daily.
Krasnaja_Gora set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 20 June 1974.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 20 June 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Finspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake St Clair (Hec)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec/Jean Lesage Intl A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suntar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Driver 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nieves	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Konstantinovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarraleah Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tejucuoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 June 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 June 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

576 broken records

Margins by which the 576 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1974

Top 20 records on 20 June 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1974	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Novosibirsk, RU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Stony Gorge Rsvr, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Franklin, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Jeremiah 1 S, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Fremont, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Montrose, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Berne Wwtp, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Ovando, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Sharpes Siding, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Bronte Heights, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Finspang, SE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Lake St Clair (Hec), AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Rinconada, MX	all-time rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1974	Quebec/Jean Lesage Intl A, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1974. 1974 had 743 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 100	575
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1