Weather Records on 17 June 1976

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1976. Highest significance: Beaufort Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 17 June 1976

On 17 June 1976, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 420 daily.
Beaufort Wwtp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 162.6 mm (6.4 in) on 17 June 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 17 June 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Verebye (Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Forge 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valdaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hvojnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cienega de Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 17 June 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 420.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1976

Top 20 records on 17 June 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1976	Beaufort Wwtp, US	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1976	Darlington, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1976	McGregor (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Colton 2 N, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Verebye (Closed), RU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Union, US	monthly rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Parishville 1 WNW, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Catawba Hospital, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Pilot 1 ENE, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Clifton Forge 2 NW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Bedford Hills, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Gaston Shoals, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Valdaj, RU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	New Castle, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Wandering Comparison, AU	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Hvojnaja, RU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Jakutsk, RU	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Gardiner, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1976	Blowing Rock 1NW, US	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	35 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

1807 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1976. 1976 had 430 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

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Data for records on 1976-06-17: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	286
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1