Weather Records on 13 June 1997

1,074 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 June 1997. Highest significance: Bolshaja Murta, RU.

Key Facts for 13 June 1997

On 13 June 1997, 1,074 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
471 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,045 daily.
Bolshaja Murta set an all-time record daily precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 13 June 1997.
Across 164 earlier years (1819 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

1,074 stations

1,074 station records on 13 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bolshaja Murta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elsdorf/Erftkreis	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	330.0 mm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deurne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arlanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schaesberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noorbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manubie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Iturbide (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Commerce 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,074 records

Records set or tied on 13 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 482, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	482
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 22, daily 1,045.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

889 broken records

Margins by which the 889 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 June 1997

Top 20 records on 13 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 June 1997	Bolshaja Murta, RU	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 June 1997	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	monthly rain	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 June 1997	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	all-time rain	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 June 1997	Qunu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 June 1997	Elsdorf/Erftkreis, DE	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Colorado Springs Muni AP, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Someren, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Dutch Harbor, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Koln-Bonn, DE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Winthrop UNIV, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Tabankulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Sedgwick, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Mkambati, ZA	all-time rain	330.0 mm (13.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Colwana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Coulta, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1997	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	46 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

1819 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1819 to 1997. 1997 had 1,074 records.

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

Records on 06-13 in each year
Year	Records
1819	1
1822	1
1834	1
1838	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1857	3
1858	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	2
1882	5
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	6
1890	1
1891	6
1892	9
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	4
1903	21
1904	6
1905	8
1906	15
1907	24
1908	6
1909	16
1910	23
1911	20
1912	35
1913	19
1914	19
1915	31
1916	52
1917	93
1918	31
1919	61
1920	253
1921	46
1922	91
1923	89
1924	160
1925	129
1926	174
1927	345
1928	197
1929	256
1930	188
1931	132
1932	282
1933	415
1934	117
1935	186
1936	342
1937	287
1938	388
1939	413
1940	451
1941	454
1942	898
1943	572
1944	499
1945	580
1946	361
1947	645
1948	264
1949	486
1950	476
1951	655
1952	1,019
1953	787
1954	352
1955	744
1956	868
1957	288
1958	595
1959	318
1960	276
1961	586
1962	367
1963	436
1964	329
1965	474
1966	499
1967	678
1968	637
1969	1,082
1970	528
1971	356
1972	486
1973	608
1974	576
1975	416
1976	631
1977	555
1978	547
1979	1,034
1980	689
1981	1,074
1982	999
1983	806
1984	766
1985	1,339
1986	594
1987	1,003
1988	607
1989	888
1990	661
1991	813
1992	1,044
1993	709
1994	742
1995	854
1996	683
1997	1,074
1998	1,637
1999	1,066
2000	1,095
2001	1,726
2002	940
2003	1,073
2004	628
2005	1,566
2006	1,168
2007	643
2008	856
2009	788
2010	1,424
2011	702
2012	683
2013	1,218
2014	525
2015	629
2016	612
2017	897
2018	581
2019	936
2020	935
2021	1,176
2022	1,357
2023	662
2024	749
2025	658
2026	784

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	883
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2