Weather Records on 23 June 1997

777 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 June 1997. Highest significance: Ballinger 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 23 June 1997

On 23 June 1997, 777 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 746 daily.
Ballinger 2 NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 172.2 mm (6.8 in) on 23 June 1997.
Across 161 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

777 stations

777 station records on 23 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goldthwaite 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hords Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rising Star 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hailuoto Ojakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huitzilac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coatepec Harinas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vileyka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shahat	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beemer	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pudasjarvi Kurenalus	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hacienda la Y	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

777 records

Records set or tied on 23 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 255.

Records on 23 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 June 1997

Top 20 records on 23 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 June 1997	Ballinger 2 NW, US	monthly rain	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	78 of 100 (Major)
23 June 1997	San Saba, US	monthly rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 June 1997	Brady, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Taylor Rch, US	monthly rain	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Coleman, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Dublin 2SE, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Goldthwaite 1 WSW, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Stephenville Clark Fld, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Hords Creek Dam, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Sabinal, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Tlaxco, MX	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Boerne, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Eastland, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Rising Star 1S, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Hailuoto Ojakyla, FI	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Colorado City, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Robert Lee 4WSW, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1997	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	44 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

1805 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1997. 1997 had 777 records.

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

Records on 06-23 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1821	2
1822	1
1824	1
1834	1
1843	1
1849	2
1850	1
1853	2
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1874	3
1876	1
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	4
1887	3
1888	4
1889	4
1890	1
1892	9
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	5
1902	10
1903	22
1904	10
1905	16
1906	14
1907	20
1908	20
1909	29
1910	30
1911	23
1912	38
1913	28
1914	31
1915	127
1916	14
1917	22
1918	92
1919	42
1920	76
1921	72
1922	25
1923	143
1924	86
1925	162
1926	336
1927	104
1928	155
1929	182
1930	408
1931	331
1932	208
1933	605
1934	367
1935	231
1936	627
1937	479
1938	266
1939	218
1940	365
1941	295
1942	475
1943	260
1944	427
1945	394
1946	348
1947	648
1948	567
1949	424
1950	812
1951	443
1952	538
1953	657
1954	486
1955	369
1956	533
1957	514
1958	630
1959	427
1960	452
1961	453
1962	285
1963	546
1964	434
1965	391
1966	426
1967	708
1968	356
1969	969
1970	484
1971	270
1972	1,522
1973	520
1974	625
1975	681
1976	668
1977	480
1978	509
1979	550
1980	633
1981	846
1982	602
1983	968
1984	654
1985	552
1986	628
1987	946
1988	1,751
1989	1,039
1990	639
1991	904
1992	1,675
1993	922
1994	956
1995	891
1996	1,342
1997	777
1998	1,589
1999	904
2000	636
2001	808
2002	1,079
2003	1,335
2004	970
2005	1,070
2006	810
2007	802
2008	533
2009	1,077
2010	966
2011	989
2012	793
2013	525
2014	382
2015	642
2016	1,203
2017	1,012
2018	493
2019	1,174
2020	716
2021	950
2022	661
2023	942
2024	959
2025	1,414
2026	894

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Data for records on 1997-06-23: 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	532
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3