Weather Records on 17 June 1986

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1986. Highest significance: Crescent Head, AU.

Key Facts for 17 June 1986

On 17 June 1986, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
510 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 881 daily.
Crescent Head set a monthly record daily precipitation of 214.2 mm (8.4 in) on 17 June 1986.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

912 stations

912 station records on 17 June 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.2 mm (8.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Niamey Aero	Niger	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Loongana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Herleshausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Coopernook State For	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Duisburg-Laar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.3 mm (8.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Troitskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerhaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zweelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aalten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buzuluk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wertheim-Eichel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Markelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Niekerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lettele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulby Brush (Blue Look-Out)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Limones (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yandal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broadview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Mezquital	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 309, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 319.

Records on 17 June 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	309
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1986 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 881.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

764 broken records

Margins by which the 764 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1986

Top 20 records on 17 June 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1986	Crescent Head, AU	monthly rain	214.2 mm (8.4 in)	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1986	Niamey Aero, NE	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1986	Wandearah North, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1986	Eucla, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Uralsk, KZ	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Belka, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Forrest Aero, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Loongana, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Herleshausen, DE	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Rawlinna, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Moorland (Coopernook State For, AU	daily rain	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Norderney, DE	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Duisburg-Laar, DE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Nordhorn, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau, DE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1986	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	50 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1986. 1986 had 912 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).