Weather Records on 28 June 1997

860 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 June 1997. Highest significance: Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU.

Key Facts for 28 June 1997

On 28 June 1997, 860 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
216 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 817 daily.
Braidwood (Wallace Street) set a daily record precipitation of 70.2 mm (2.8 in) on 28 June 1997.
Across 158 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

860 stations

860 station records on 28 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pariquera-Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belowra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Riversdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santander/Parayas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Braco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tharwa General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ainslie Tyson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pariquera Abaixo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaiba (Capoeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton (Rose Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Flat (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mosteiro Itaporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barao de Antonina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Maia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bologoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riversul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olaria Dos Padres Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chicxulub Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Cherryton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itaoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iwakuni	Japan	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Brogo (Upper Brogo Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Numeralla (Badja Composite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Azeite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

860 records

Records set or tied on 28 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 457.

Records on 28 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	457
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 35, daily 817.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

720 broken records

Margins by which the 720 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 June 1997

Top 20 records on 28 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 June 1997	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	106 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Snowball, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Kostroma, RU	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Hutchinson 1 N, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Birobidzhan, RU	monthly rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Narooma Rvcp, AU	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1997	Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	Pariquera-Acu, BR	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	Belowra Station, AU	daily rain	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	140.9 mm (5.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	Chakola (Riversdale), AU	monthly rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	monthly rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	Santander/Parayas, ES	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	St Paul, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1997	Barra Do Braco, BR	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 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

1815 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1997. 1997 had 860 records.

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

Records on 06-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1823	1
1824	1
1827	1
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1841	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1867	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	4
1893	5
1895	1
1896	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	19
1902	8
1903	2
1904	12
1905	19
1906	24
1907	12
1908	10
1909	26
1910	51
1911	30
1912	21
1913	57
1914	50
1915	64
1916	99
1917	20
1918	46
1919	69
1920	146
1921	68
1922	45
1923	222
1924	105
1925	168
1926	335
1927	256
1928	176
1929	146
1930	195
1931	843
1932	218
1933	475
1934	594
1935	332
1936	556
1937	378
1938	591
1939	333
1940	256
1941	454
1942	570
1943	422
1944	386
1945	489
1946	401
1947	818
1948	435
1949	316
1950	340
1951	420
1952	685
1953	293
1954	427
1955	369
1956	582
1957	636
1958	749
1959	647
1960	290
1961	405
1962	333
1963	672
1964	328
1965	363
1966	394
1967	398
1968	1,286
1969	961
1970	897
1971	629
1972	503
1973	696
1974	953
1975	611
1976	661
1977	397
1978	797
1979	542
1980	1,754
1981	870
1982	737
1983	1,336
1984	448
1985	1,223
1986	657
1987	615
1988	1,224
1989	736
1990	1,006
1991	1,389
1992	1,306
1993	753
1994	1,209
1995	959
1996	1,094
1997	860
1998	1,271
1999	1,348
2000	1,297
2001	712
2002	1,020
2003	748
2004	965
2005	995
2006	1,051
2007	1,086
2008	554
2009	839
2010	1,186
2011	1,051
2012	1,204
2013	934
2014	695
2015	1,257
2016	424
2017	595
2018	711
2019	685
2020	915
2021	1,472
2022	853
2023	619
2024	694
2025	454
2026	1,942

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Data for records on 1997-06-28: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	589
20 to 40	86
40 to 60	30
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1