Weather Records on 16 June 1983

818 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1983. Highest significance: Oulton, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 June 1983

On 16 June 1983, 818 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 313 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 795 daily.
Oulton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 16 June 1983.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

818 stations

818 station records on 16 June 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oulton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kalabasput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oufontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rheboksfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lourensgeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dombietersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tirana	Albania	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Mina 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nairibin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Champoton (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Planes	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beeldhouersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soutwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

818 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 June 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 June 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 795.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1983

Top 20 records on 16 June 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1983	Oulton, ZA	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1983	Vosburg, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1983	Kalabasput, ZA	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1983	Oufontein, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1983	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Rheboksfontein, ZA	monthly rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Cotonou, BJ	daily rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Lourensgeluk, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Escarcega (Smn), MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Dombietersfontein, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Faith, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Ardmore, US	monthly low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Gadag, IN	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Biesjesfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Blanco, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Winfield 2 SW, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, ES	daily high max	35.8 C (96.4 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1983	Huntingdon, CA	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	106 years	41 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1983. 1983 had 818 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	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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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 100	670
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1