Weather Records on 16 June 1997

1,104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1997. Highest significance: Uppsala_Aut, SE.

Key Facts for 16 June 1997

On 16 June 1997, 1,104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
450 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,072 daily.
Uppsala_Aut set an all-time record daily precipitation of 60.4 mm (2.4 in) on 16 June 1997.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,104 stations

1,104 station records on 16 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vattholma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quillayute AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cosmorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dralinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tia (Highrent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palmares Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Airi (Rochedo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Passagem (Faz.Sao Vicente)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Votuporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palkane Padankoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pedreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pitangueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm-Bromma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aguas da Prata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sodertalje	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norsborg_11	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Santa Elisa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Maretto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flores (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pitangueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Amalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Serrana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Piagui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester (Giro)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cristina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,104 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 283, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 450, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	283
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	450
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 27, daily 1,072.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

856 broken records

Margins by which the 856 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1997

Top 20 records on 16 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1997	Uppsala_Aut, SE	all-time rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1997	Guttenberg L&D 10, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	New Hampton, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Vattholma, SE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Voru, EE	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Clarendon, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Lorne (Lorne Road), AU	daily rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Sanderson, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Quillayute AP, US	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Cosmorama, BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Dralinge, SE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Peotone, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Tia (Highrent), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Vitebsk, BY	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Palmares Paulista, BR	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Ft Atkinson Wwtp, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Airi (Rochedo), BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1997	Passagem (Faz.Sao Vicente), BR	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	49 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 1,104 records.

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

Records on 06-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1807	1
1822	1
1839	1
1840	2
1841	1
1844	1
1846	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	2
1858	2
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1870	2
1874	1
1880	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	13
1903	11
1904	7
1905	9
1906	17
1907	17
1908	46
1909	7
1910	11
1911	18
1912	33
1913	41
1914	49
1915	26
1916	72
1917	71
1918	36
1919	189
1920	85
1921	50
1922	53
1923	115
1924	159
1925	207
1926	122
1927	361
1928	97
1929	193
1930	412
1931	250
1932	146
1933	477
1934	258
1935	301
1936	362
1937	260
1938	381
1939	602
1940	360
1941	239
1942	398
1943	648
1944	530
1945	980
1946	602
1947	348
1948	560
1949	541
1950	495
1951	276
1952	943
1953	428
1954	524
1955	628
1956	434
1957	751
1958	511
1959	389
1960	482
1961	1,345
1962	405
1963	491
1964	713
1965	940
1966	414
1967	529
1968	326
1969	870
1970	443
1971	465
1972	606
1973	564
1974	915
1975	302
1976	733
1977	466
1978	535
1979	585
1980	685
1981	1,500
1982	777
1983	818
1984	584
1985	744
1986	747
1987	1,400
1988	813
1989	1,310
1990	647
1991	851
1992	872
1993	695
1994	1,219
1995	1,674
1996	723
1997	1,104
1998	1,828
1999	1,012
2000	934
2001	606
2002	979
2003	569
2004	783
2005	740
2006	754
2007	1,001
2008	579
2009	729
2010	931
2011	890
2012	706
2013	407
2014	329
2015	988
2016	772
2017	620
2018	932
2019	560
2020	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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Data for records on 1997-06-16: 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 25	783
25 to 50	63
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1