Weather Records on 17 June 1981

1,201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1981. Highest significance: Mission 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 17 June 1981

On 17 June 1981, 1,201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
477 were record highs and 425 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,157 daily.
Mission 4 W set a daily record precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 17 June 1981.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

1,201 stations

1,201 station records on 17 June 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alnarp Fruktavdelning	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zacapoaxtla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Venados	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mirassol	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Catigua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chuxiong	China	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,201 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 226, Lowest daily maximum 226, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 199, Heaviest daily rainfall 299.

Records on 17 June 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	226
Lowest daily maximum	226
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	199
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1981 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 35, daily 1,157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

929 broken records

Margins by which the 929 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1981

Top 20 records on 17 June 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1981	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1981	Blanco, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1981	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1981	Winthrop UNIV, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Hvar, HR	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	118 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Sinton, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Alnarp Fruktavdelning, SE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Rio Grande City, US	monthly rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Tlanchinol (Smn), MX	daily rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Zacapoaxtla (Smn), MX	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Encinal, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	New Braunfels, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Southport 5 N, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Venados, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Tecolutla, MX	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Putbus, DE	daily low max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	115 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1981	Rocksprings, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	40 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1981. 1981 had 1,201 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	683
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	913
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	592
2026	743

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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 2026-10-14 (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	894
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	4