Weather Records on 15 June 1996

672 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 1996. Highest significance: Del Norte 3ENE, US.

Key Facts for 15 June 1996

On 15 June 1996, 672 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 653 daily.
Del Norte 3ENE set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 15 June 1996.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

672 stations

672 station records on 15 June 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rjazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Okunev Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mezen	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abramovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad Nueva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reydon 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maidenwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	251.0 mm (9.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atenguillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zelenchukskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albright	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Desembocada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras Altas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Twr #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beralga Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

672 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 June 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 June 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 1996

Top 20 records on 15 June 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 1996	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1996	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Rjazan, RU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Okunev Nos, RU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Mezen, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Melrose, AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Elberton 2 N, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Krasnojarsk, RU	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Rico, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Abramovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Elk City 4 W, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Nellore, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Tinnenburra, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Lake City, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Silverton, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Ashland, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1996	Soledad Nueva, MX	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	37 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 672 records.

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

Records on 06-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1822	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	2
1844	1
1845	3
1846	2
1847	2
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	2
1857	2
1858	1
1860	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1891	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	2
1901	4
1902	9
1903	11
1904	6
1905	9
1906	8
1907	5
1908	39
1909	10
1910	15
1911	38
1912	67
1913	21
1914	17
1915	27
1916	77
1917	85
1918	39
1919	133
1920	56
1921	38
1922	41
1923	117
1924	158
1925	242
1926	205
1927	298
1928	106
1929	175
1930	314
1931	283
1932	154
1933	881
1934	167
1935	339
1936	338
1937	258
1938	366
1939	320
1940	401
1941	204
1942	465
1943	577
1944	493
1945	846
1946	495
1947	376
1948	932
1949	662
1950	508
1951	386
1952	1,001
1953	453
1954	368
1955	326
1956	587
1957	499
1958	437
1959	468
1960	489
1961	905
1962	439
1963	578
1964	395
1965	470
1966	369
1967	714
1968	546
1969	981
1970	389
1971	349
1972	591
1973	716
1974	609
1975	357
1976	832
1977	557
1978	633
1979	580
1980	539
1981	1,449
1982	605
1983	571
1984	538
1985	675
1986	499
1987	1,460
1988	1,006
1989	1,467
1990	710
1991	1,046
1992	1,025
1993	657
1994	1,238
1995	1,291
1996	672
1997	1,063
1998	1,874
1999	987
2000	1,041
2001	942
2002	991
2003	661
2004	734
2005	1,028
2006	926
2007	951
2008	500
2009	685
2010	990
2011	877
2012	647
2013	385
2014	415
2015	708
2016	791
2017	627
2018	657
2019	543
2020	680
2021	1,575
2022	1,343
2023	551
2024	502
2025	737
2026	1,014

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Data for records on 1996-06-15: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	463
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1