Weather Records on 18 June 1997

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1997. Highest significance: Columbia, US.

Key Facts for 18 June 1997

On 18 June 1997, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
453 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 865 daily.
Columbia set a monthly record daily precipitation of 209.8 mm (8.3 in) on 18 June 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

894 stations

894 station records on 18 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lsu Ben-Hur Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prentiss	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	44.7 C (112.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nazas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tajga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mathis 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Festus	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Huerta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 865.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

665 broken records

Margins by which the 665 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1997

Top 20 records on 18 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1997	Columbia, US	monthly rain	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1997	Abbeville, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Temple, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Purvis 2N, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Lsu Ben-Hur Farm, US	daily rain	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Murcia/Alcantarilla, ES	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Lawrenceville 2WSW, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Tylertown 5ESE, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Albion, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Vienna 2 WNW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Oaknolia 2N, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Palmerdale, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Hammond, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Jennings, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	St Francisville, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1997	Onida 4 NW, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	42 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

1800 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1997. 1997 had 894 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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Data for records on 1997-06-18: 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 20	626
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1