Weather Records on 12 June 1997

932 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 June 1997. Highest significance: Cata (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 12 June 1997

On 12 June 1997, 932 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
460 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 902 daily.
Cata (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 12 June 1997.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

932 stations

932 station records on 12 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Valleys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Inacio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ibeka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	44.9 C (112.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springfontein (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bobruisk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

932 records

Records set or tied on 12 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 902.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

756 broken records

Margins by which the 756 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 June 1997

Top 20 records on 12 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 June 1997	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Armour, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Mbulu (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Kentani (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Kubusie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Izeleni (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Sihota, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Amanzamnyama (Bos), ZA	daily rain	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Tsolo, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Man, CI	monthly rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Omak 4 N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1997	Tuscola, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1997	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1997	Emgcewe (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1997	Bencuti (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1997	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1997	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 years	56 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

1797 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1997. 1997 had 932 records.

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

Records on 06-12 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1811	2
1838	1
1840	1
1843	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	4
1879	2
1880	5
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	7
1900	3
1901	3
1902	8
1903	34
1904	8
1905	10
1906	24
1907	20
1908	9
1909	16
1910	37
1911	21
1912	23
1913	19
1914	36
1915	26
1916	80
1917	117
1918	44
1919	56
1920	93
1921	42
1922	56
1923	166
1924	153
1925	165
1926	201
1927	281
1928	180
1929	217
1930	127
1931	150
1932	352
1933	361
1934	159
1935	259
1936	440
1937	405
1938	349
1939	297
1940	389
1941	512
1942	729
1943	399
1944	423
1945	567
1946	321
1947	840
1948	215
1949	407
1950	530
1951	735
1952	1,035
1953	730
1954	337
1955	759
1956	786
1957	310
1958	454
1959	320
1960	200
1961	405
1962	328
1963	618
1964	405
1965	406
1966	530
1967	706
1968	404
1969	834
1970	701
1971	374
1972	903
1973	894
1974	575
1975	560
1976	617
1977	494
1978	438
1979	1,013
1980	718
1981	784
1982	734
1983	664
1984	653
1985	1,203
1986	778
1987	742
1988	785
1989	797
1990	664
1991	756
1992	849
1993	970
1994	654
1995	953
1996	925
1997	932
1998	1,683
1999	806
2000	1,169
2001	1,231
2002	965
2003	1,187
2004	759
2005	1,804
2006	1,216
2007	784
2008	1,219
2009	858
2010	1,423
2011	786
2012	751
2013	931
2014	421
2015	679
2016	809
2017	910
2018	635
2019	1,285
2020	712
2021	767
2022	1,204
2023	805
2024	805
2025	409
2026	979

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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 50	741
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2