Weather Records on 16 June 2002

979 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 2002. Highest significance: Kit Carson, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 2002

On 16 June 2002, 979 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
587 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 943 daily.
Kit Carson set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 16 June 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

979 stations

979 station records on 16 June 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Vas Na Blokah	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Hartford Nepp	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ylojarvi Metsakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton Olympic Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam (Muirne)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hechingen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grosseto	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rodrigues	Mauritius	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record low maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

979 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 297, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 16 June 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	297
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 943.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

769 broken records

Margins by which the 769 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 2002

Top 20 records on 16 June 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 2002	Kit Carson, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 June 2002	Dushanbe, TJ	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Nova Vas Na Blokah, SI	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Charlevoix, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Port Kenny, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Ft Grant, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Beaver, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Milan, IT	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	West Hartford Nepp, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	McPherson, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily high max	30.2 C (86.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	39.2 C (102.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Ylojarvi Metsakyla, FI	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Flahult, SE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Philippi, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	monthly high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2002	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high max	32.5 C (90.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	40 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 979 records.

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

Records on 06-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1807	1
1822	1
1839	1
1840	2
1841	1
1844	1
1846	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	2
1858	2
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1870	2
1874	1
1880	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	13
1903	11
1904	7
1905	9
1906	17
1907	17
1908	46
1909	7
1910	11
1911	18
1912	33
1913	41
1914	49
1915	26
1916	72
1917	71
1918	36
1919	189
1920	85
1921	50
1922	53
1923	115
1924	159
1925	207
1926	122
1927	361
1928	97
1929	193
1930	412
1931	250
1932	146
1933	477
1934	258
1935	301
1936	362
1937	260
1938	381
1939	602
1940	360
1941	239
1942	398
1943	648
1944	530
1945	980
1946	602
1947	348
1948	560
1949	541
1950	495
1951	276
1952	943
1953	428
1954	524
1955	628
1956	434
1957	751
1958	511
1959	389
1960	482
1961	1,345
1962	405
1963	491
1964	713
1965	940
1966	414
1967	529
1968	326
1969	870
1970	443
1971	465
1972	606
1973	564
1974	915
1975	302
1976	733
1977	466
1978	535
1979	585
1980	685
1981	1,500
1982	777
1983	818
1984	584
1985	744
1986	747
1987	1,400
1988	813
1989	1,310
1990	647
1991	851
1992	872
1993	695
1994	1,219
1995	1,674
1996	723
1997	1,104
1998	1,828
1999	1,012
2000	934
2001	606
2002	979
2003	569
2004	783
2005	740
2006	754
2007	1,001
2008	579
2009	729
2010	931
2011	890
2012	706
2013	407
2014	329
2015	988
2016	772
2017	620
2018	932
2019	560
2020	818
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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Data for records on 2002-06-16: 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 10	736
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1