Weather Records on 18 June 1976

508 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1976. Highest significance: Protem, ZA.

Key Facts for 18 June 1976

On 18 June 1976, 508 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 504 daily.
Protem set a daily record precipitation of 36.7 mm (1.4 in) on 18 June 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

508 stations

508 station records on 18 June 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Protem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Excame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rouchel Brook (Albano)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isilkul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danger Point - Vrt.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulberry 6 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

508 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 18 June 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 June 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

422 broken records

Margins by which the 422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1976

Top 20 records on 18 June 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1976	Protem, ZA	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Fleming, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Excame, MX	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	15.3 C (59.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	133 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Woodward, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Kirensk, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Kleinfontein, ZA	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Montagu (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Swellendam (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Claremore 2 ENE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Marietta 5SW, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Sierraville Rs, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1976	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	2 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1976. 1976 had 508 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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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 10	346
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1