Weather Records on 22 June 1981

1,055 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 June 1981. Highest significance: Wirrulla, AU.

Key Facts for 22 June 1981

On 22 June 1981, 1,055 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
496 were record highs and 279 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,005 daily.
Wirrulla set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 22 June 1981.
Across 160 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,055 stations

1,055 station records on 22 June 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 June 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Onatchiway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kemptville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gayvoron	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Bouchette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nundroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trois Rivieres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fukushima Arpt	Japan	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oka	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dzalinda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morin Heights	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Panet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec/Jean Lesage Intl A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Alban	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Jerome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bge C Lac Chateauvert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,055 records

Records set or tied on 22 June 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 224, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 272, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 22 June 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	224
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	272
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 June 1981 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 31, daily 1,005.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

851 broken records

Margins by which the 851 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 June 1981

Top 20 records on 22 June 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 June 1981	Wirrulla, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 June 1981	Belleville, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 June 1981	Shawinigan, CA	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 June 1981	Wirrulla (Petina), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 June 1981	Astrahanka, RU	monthly rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal), BR	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Lac Onatchiway, CA	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Clarke City, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	La Tuque, CA	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	St Tite, CA	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Roma Ciampino, IT	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Normandin Cda, CA	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Defiance, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Hamburg, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Kemptville, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Albanel, CA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Gayvoron, UA	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Lac Bouchette, CA	all-time rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 June 1981	Nundroo, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	43 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 1,055 records.

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

Records on 06-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1812	1
1814	1
1821	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	2
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	5
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	3
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	16
1905	18
1906	17
1907	19
1908	23
1909	18
1910	50
1911	13
1912	18
1913	70
1914	21
1915	46
1916	71
1917	42
1918	56
1919	28
1920	59
1921	95
1922	28
1923	159
1924	89
1925	248
1926	199
1927	116
1928	179
1929	132
1930	218
1931	255
1932	171
1933	496
1934	236
1935	292
1936	703
1937	447
1938	294
1939	300
1940	556
1941	411
1942	456
1943	361
1944	371
1945	485
1946	267
1947	828
1948	562
1949	382
1950	403
1951	382
1952	523
1953	587
1954	480
1955	345
1956	376
1957	685
1958	754
1959	352
1960	341
1961	720
1962	257
1963	855
1964	423
1965	493
1966	485
1967	604
1968	325
1969	715
1970	562
1971	315
1972	1,308
1973	654
1974	608
1975	789
1976	645
1977	558
1978	377
1979	476
1980	503
1981	1,055
1982	714
1983	1,096
1984	513
1985	447
1986	505
1987	1,192
1988	2,112
1989	960
1990	778
1991	819
1992	2,071
1993	756
1994	747
1995	840
1996	894
1997	1,010
1998	1,402
1999	724
2000	980
2001	799
2002	971
2003	975
2004	769
2005	1,014
2006	803
2007	954
2008	719
2009	1,029
2010	889
2011	1,018
2012	1,076
2013	482
2014	390
2015	647
2016	798
2017	1,180
2018	511
2019	1,181
2020	517
2021	1,146
2022	714
2023	1,242
2024	749
2025	1,847
2026	837

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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 10	741
10 to 20	66
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1