Weather Records on 16 June 1981

1,500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1981. Highest significance: Hamilton, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 1981

On 16 June 1981, 1,500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
652 were record highs and 375 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,452 daily.
Hamilton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 16 June 1981.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,500 stations

1,500 station records on 16 June 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Barretal I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Padilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Progreso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baker Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Guaracha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manassas 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itapira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zacualtipan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camacho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Public AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuencame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuarto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad del Maiz (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,500 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 275, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 377, Lowest daily minimum 235, Heaviest daily rainfall 472, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 June 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	275
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	377
Lowest daily minimum	235
Heaviest daily rainfall	472
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1981 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 43, daily 1,452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,213 broken records

Margins by which the 1,213 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1981

Top 20 records on 16 June 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1981	Hamilton, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1981	Oceanside Marina, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1981	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1981	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1981	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	San Diego Intl AP, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Sedalia Wtp, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	McKinney Muni AP, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	El Barretal I, MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Padilla, MX	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Lensk, RU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Progreso, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Atzalan, MX	daily rain	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Chula Vista, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal), BR	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Baker Lake A, CA	daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1981	Los Reyes, MX	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	45 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 1,500 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	818
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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Data for records on 1981-06-16: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,098
20 to 40	84
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1