Weather Records on 20 June 1981

987 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1981. Highest significance: Cape May 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 20 June 1981

On 20 June 1981, 987 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 455 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 959 daily.
Cape May 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 20 June 1981.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

987 stations

987 station records on 20 June 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dzhusaly	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Block Island State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sugozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	405.9 mm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millheim	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakehurst AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Tule (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Lagos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Svarta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

987 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 292, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 223.

Records on 20 June 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	292
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1981 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 959.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

805 broken records

Margins by which the 805 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1981

Top 20 records on 20 June 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1981	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1981	Dzhusaly, KZ	all-time rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1981	Block Island State AP, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Villa Juarez, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Sugozero, RU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Bridgehampton, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Franklin 2 NE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Sandheads, IN	all-time rain	405.9 mm (16.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Bredasdorp, ZA	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Kolka, LV	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Petrozawodsk, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Appleton City, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Millheim, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Paulista, BR	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Livermore, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Wilmington New Castle Co AP, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1981	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	55 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

1800 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1981. 1981 had 987 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	718
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1