Weather Records on 15 June 2008

500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 2008. Highest significance: New Orleans Audubon, US.

Key Facts for 15 June 2008

On 15 June 2008, 500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 491 daily.
New Orleans Audubon set a daily record precipitation of 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 15 June 2008.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

500 stations

500 station records on 15 June 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ixtacamaxtitlan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chongqing	China	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melsom	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bramon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bijie	China	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrahwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Callejones	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uliastai	China	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Connellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Plains 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vaernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sanford 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugo/Rozas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makokou	Gabon	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Emilio Carranza	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graterford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

500 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 15 June 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 June 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 2008

Top 20 records on 15 June 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 2008	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 June 2008	Cornwall, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 June 2008	Ixtacamaxtitlan (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 June 2008	Uniontown, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	112 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Chongqing, CN	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Melsom, NO	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Whitehall, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Bramon, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Wytheville, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Beaver Falls, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Donora 1 SW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Marshall, US	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Bremerton, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Bijie, CN	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Clanton, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Newport, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Jarrahwood, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Rutland, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 2008	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	39 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 500 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	1,575
2022	1,343
2023	551
2024	502
2025	737
2026	1,014

Download the Data

Data for records on 2008-06-15: 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 2026-10-17 (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	361
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2