Weather Records on 15 June 2002

991 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 2002. Highest significance: Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 15 June 2002

On 15 June 2002, 991 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
508 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 953 daily.
Cape Bruny Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 50.6 mm (2.0 in) on 15 June 2002.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

991 stations

991 station records on 15 June 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Acheron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Larvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Myrrhee (Joelyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chervjanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swanpool (Tiree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	116.5 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weeki Wachee	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Copping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tlapa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Izamal Escuela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheshunt Eurangie Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tjallmo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

991 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 278, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 279.

Records on 15 June 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	278
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 June 2002 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 32, daily 953.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

780 broken records

Margins by which the 780 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 2002

Top 20 records on 15 June 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 2002	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 June 2002	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 June 2002	Detour Village, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 June 2002	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Dublin, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Teocelo, MX	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Longwood, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Colbinabbin, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Alexandra (Acheron), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	126 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Harrietville, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Kumejima, JP	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Larvik, NO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Myrrhee (Joelyn), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	31.9 C (89.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	116 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2002	Baldwinsville, US	all-time rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	26 years	47 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 991 records.

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

Records on 06-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1822	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	2
1844	1
1845	3
1846	2
1847	2
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	2
1857	2
1858	1
1860	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1891	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	2
1901	4
1902	9
1903	11
1904	6
1905	9
1906	8
1907	5
1908	39
1909	10
1910	15
1911	38
1912	67
1913	21
1914	17
1915	27
1916	77
1917	85
1918	39
1919	133
1920	56
1921	38
1922	41
1923	117
1924	158
1925	242
1926	205
1927	298
1928	106
1929	175
1930	314
1931	283
1932	154
1933	881
1934	167
1935	339
1936	338
1937	258
1938	366
1939	320
1940	401
1941	204
1942	465
1943	577
1944	493
1945	846
1946	495
1947	376
1948	932
1949	662
1950	508
1951	386
1952	1,001
1953	453
1954	368
1955	326
1956	587
1957	499
1958	437
1959	468
1960	489
1961	905
1962	439
1963	578
1964	395
1965	470
1966	369
1967	714
1968	546
1969	981
1970	389
1971	349
1972	591
1973	716
1974	609
1975	357
1976	832
1977	557
1978	633
1979	580
1980	539
1981	1,449
1982	605
1983	571
1984	538
1985	675
1986	499
1987	1,460
1988	1,006
1989	1,467
1990	710
1991	1,046
1992	1,025
1993	657
1994	1,238
1995	1,291
1996	672
1997	1,063
1998	1,874
1999	987
2000	1,041
2001	942
2002	991
2003	661
2004	734
2005	1,028
2006	926
2007	951
2008	500
2009	685
2010	990
2011	877
2012	647
2013	385
2014	415
2015	708
2016	791
2017	627
2018	657
2019	543
2020	680
2021	1,574
2022	1,342
2023	551
2024	502
2025	737
2026	1,014

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Data for records on 2002-06-15: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	747
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2