Weather Records on 21 June 2016

877 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 2016. Highest significance: Gallatin 1W, US.

Key Facts for 21 June 2016

On 21 June 2016, 877 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
651 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 820 daily.
Gallatin 1W set a daily record precipitation of 159.8 mm (6.3 in) on 21 June 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

877 stations

877 station records on 21 June 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cabbage Tree Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kushnarenkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bete Bolong (Russells Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	51.1 C (124.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbank Thompson Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chino Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Parliament House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

877 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 324, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 327, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 162.

Records on 21 June 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	324
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	327
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 2016 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 44, daily 820.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 2016

Top 20 records on 21 June 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 2016	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2016	Bailey, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2016	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2016	Cabbage Tree Creek, AU	daily rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2016	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	115 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2016	Mount Phillip, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Dongtai, CN	daily rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Trenton, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Coles Bay (Freycinet), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Kushnarenkovo, RU	monthly rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Bete Bolong (Russells Estate), AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Ravensdale, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Whitemark Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Albany, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Suphan Buri, TH	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Parker, US	daily high max	51.1 C (124.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Erica, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2016	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	48 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

1802 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2016. 2016 had 877 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	670
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1