Weather Records on 16 June 2021

1,652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 2021. Highest significance: Paragonah, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 2021

On 16 June 2021, 1,652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,473 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 28 were all-time records, 78 monthly and 1,546 daily.
Paragonah set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 41.1 C (106.0 F) on 16 June 2021.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,652 stations

1,652 station records on 16 June 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	65 of 100 (Major)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Madrid/Torrejon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sasse Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shache	China	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ourense	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Logrono-Agoncillo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Temosachi (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mawbanna (Mawbanna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,652 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 964, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 509, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 16 June 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	964
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	509
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 2021 by timescale: all-time 28, monthly 78, daily 1,546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,440 broken records

Margins by which the 1,440 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 2021

Top 20 records on 16 June 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 2021	Paragonah, US	all-time high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	118 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 June 2021	Madrid - Retiro, ES	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 June 2021	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	144 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 June 2021	Madrid/Torrejon, ES	monthly rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 June 2021	Daltonganj, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 2021	Sasse Ridge, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Shache, CN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Deaver, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Ourense, ES	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Canberra Forestry, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Logrono-Agoncillo, ES	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Fairmont, US	monthly high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Busby, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Gillette 3SE, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	112 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Saint Johns, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	119 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Julian Cdf, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	124 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Ft Meade, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 2021	Julian Cdf, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	127 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 1,652 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	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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Data for records on 2021-06-16: 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	1,408
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1