Weather Records on 12 June 1973

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 June 1973. Highest significance: Alvin, US.

Key Facts for 12 June 1973

On 12 June 1973, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 873 daily.
Alvin set an all-time record daily precipitation of 320.0 mm (12.6 in) on 12 June 1973.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

894 stations

894 station records on 12 June 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 June 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Gunniguldrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 12 June 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 510, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 June 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	510
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 June 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 873.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

746 broken records

Margins by which the 746 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 June 1973

Top 20 records on 12 June 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 June 1973	Alvin, US	all-time rain	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	72 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 June 1973	Caltowie, AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1973	Roseworthy, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1973	Union City, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1973	Jourdanton, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 June 1973	Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Sumter, US	daily rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Luling, US	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Runge, US	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Hay (Illilawa), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Bulken, NO	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Gawler Council Depot, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Lake Cargelligo (Gunniguldrie), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1973	Moonta, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	85 years	49 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

1797 to 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1973. 1973 had 894 records.

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

Records on 06-12 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1811	2
1838	1
1840	1
1843	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	4
1879	2
1880	5
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	7
1900	3
1901	3
1902	8
1903	34
1904	8
1905	10
1906	24
1907	20
1908	9
1909	16
1910	37
1911	21
1912	23
1913	19
1914	36
1915	26
1916	80
1917	117
1918	44
1919	56
1920	93
1921	42
1922	56
1923	166
1924	153
1925	165
1926	201
1927	281
1928	180
1929	217
1930	127
1931	150
1932	352
1933	361
1934	159
1935	259
1936	440
1937	405
1938	349
1939	297
1940	389
1941	512
1942	729
1943	399
1944	423
1945	567
1946	321
1947	840
1948	215
1949	407
1950	530
1951	735
1952	1,035
1953	730
1954	337
1955	759
1956	786
1957	310
1958	454
1959	320
1960	200
1961	405
1962	328
1963	618
1964	405
1965	406
1966	530
1967	706
1968	404
1969	834
1970	701
1971	374
1972	903
1973	894
1974	575
1975	560
1976	617
1977	494
1978	438
1979	1,013
1980	718
1981	784
1982	734
1983	664
1984	653
1985	1,203
1986	778
1987	742
1988	785
1989	797
1990	664
1991	756
1992	849
1993	970
1994	654
1995	953
1996	925
1997	932
1998	1,683
1999	806
2000	1,169
2001	1,231
2002	965
2003	1,187
2004	759
2005	1,804
2006	1,216
2007	784
2008	1,219
2009	858
2010	1,423
2011	786
2012	751
2013	931
2014	421
2015	679
2016	809
2017	910
2018	635
2019	1,285
2020	712
2021	767
2022	1,204
2023	805
2024	805
2025	409
2026	979

Download the Data

Data for records on 1973-06-12: 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	666
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2