Weather Records on 12 June 1974

575 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 June 1974. Highest significance: Paarl (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 12 June 1974

On 12 June 1974, 575 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 209 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 568 daily.
Paarl (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 95.5 mm (3.8 in) on 12 June 1974.
Across 166 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

575 stations

575 station records on 12 June 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 June 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskop (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Anastacio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natividade da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presidente Prudente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Americana (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rancharia (Mc Fadden)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordeiropolis (Emsa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Francisco da Corredeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Gertrudes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Artemis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Byssa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gelantipy East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biritiba Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pinhalzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Terezinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Martim Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Ester	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Pedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Varadouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oriente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pompeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freguesia da Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aracatiacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	576.6 cm (227.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguariuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocoes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dois Corregos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guaianas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

575 records

Records set or tied on 12 June 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 June 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 June 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 568.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1042.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 June 1974

Top 20 records on 12 June 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 June 1974	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Ternej, RU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Spitskop (Agr), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Santo Anastacio, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Cape Town Maitland (Cem), ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Natividade da Serra, BR	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Bombala (Nungatta), AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Presidente Prudente, BR	daily rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Usina Americana (Cpfl), BR	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Rancharia (Mc Fadden), BR	daily rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Tyumen Amsg, RU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Cordeiropolis (Emsa), BR	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Rio Claro, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Sao Francisco da Corredeira, BR	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low max	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Angatuba, BR	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 June 1974	Santa Gertrudes, BR	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	37 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1974. 1974 had 575 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

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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 2026-10-17 (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 200	474
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1