Weather Records on 17 June 1983

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1983. Highest significance: Shirbourne Park, AU.

Key Facts for 17 June 1983

On 17 June 1983, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 710 daily.
Shirbourne Park set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 17 June 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 17 June 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lingwick	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nairibin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poljarnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	210.9 mm (8.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jyvaskyla Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sunderland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kedgwick	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Possession Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 June 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 June 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 710.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

627 broken records

Margins by which the 627 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1983

Top 20 records on 17 June 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1983	Shirbourne Park, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1983	Summer Hill, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1983	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1983	Lingwick, CA	monthly rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Clare, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Buntine East, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	West Quarter, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Oakland, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Nairibin, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Terrick Terrick Stud, AU	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Tenerife/Los Rodeos, ES	daily high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	8.2 C (14.8 F)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Poljarnoe, RU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Guangzhou, CN	daily rain	210.9 mm (8.3 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Amor Downs, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	The Valley, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Sapphire Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Jyvaskyla Lentoasema, FI	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1983	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 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

1807 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1983. 1983 had 728 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	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
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 2026-10-17 (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	626
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1