Weather Records on 17 June 1991

1,094 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1991. Highest significance: Weissenburg, DE.

Key Facts for 17 June 1991

On 17 June 1991, 1,094 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,070 daily.
Weissenburg set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 17 June 1991.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

1,094 stations

1,094 station records on 17 June 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Talas	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chokpar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
The Mills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasgat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oorlogshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waldsassen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zeitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neustadt Am Kulm-Filchendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weiden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Ansbach Weidenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seinajoki Pelmaa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Schonefeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Annaberg-Buchholz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,094 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 494.

Records on 17 June 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	494
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1991 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 1,070.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

908 broken records

Margins by which the 908 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1991

Top 20 records on 17 June 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1991	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1991	Kafferrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1991	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1991	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1991	Kestell (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1991	Hof, DE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Hof (Stadt), DE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Bad-Sohl Elster, DE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, DE	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Talas, KG	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Chokpar, KZ	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Bloemfontein Kings Park, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Bad Lobenstein, DE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Gospic, HR	monthly high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Paso de San Antonio, MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1991	Hartwell, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	53 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1991. 1991 had 1,094 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 20	834
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1