Weather Records on 17 June 1997

1,056 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1997. Highest significance: Batesville, US.

Key Facts for 17 June 1997

On 17 June 1997, 1,056 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
508 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,016 daily.
Batesville set a daily record precipitation of 109.7 mm (4.3 in) on 17 June 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,056 stations

1,056 station records on 17 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sardis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sjogarde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nynashamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Van Vleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vasterhaninge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sodertalje	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Festus	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tunica 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pskov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm-Bromma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rohwer 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tolka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolo-Poloma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parks 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harsfjarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,056 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 294, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 386, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	294
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 33, daily 1,016.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

800 broken records

Margins by which the 800 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1997

Top 20 records on 17 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1997	Batesville, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 June 1997	Malvern, US	all-time rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1997	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1997	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1997	Landsort, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1997	Sardis Dam, US	monthly rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1997	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	123 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1997	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	University, US	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Blakely Mtn Dam, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	El-Ton, RU	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Lafayette Springs, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Keo, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Oden 1 SE, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Sjogarde, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Nynashamn, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Carville 2 SW, US	all-time rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Van Vleet, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Vasterhaninge, SE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1997	Sodertalje, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	50 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1997. 1997 had 1,056 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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Data for records on 1997-06-17: 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 50	782
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1