Weather Records on 15 June 1978

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 June 1978. Highest significance: Charles City, US.

Key Facts for 15 June 1978

On 15 June 1978, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 395 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 619 daily.
Charles City set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 15 June 1978.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 15 June 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 June 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Licola Rwc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yalwal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Feijao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neran	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	48.5 C (119.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grenora	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 15 June 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 280, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 15 June 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	280
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 June 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

513 broken records

Margins by which the 513 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 June 1978

Top 20 records on 15 June 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 June 1978	Charles City, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1978	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	114 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1978	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 June 1978	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Alton, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Gudgenby, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Dargo, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Osage, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Winnebago, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Licola Rwc, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Albert Lea 3SE, US	all-time rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Acude Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Northwood, US	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Merrill, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 June 1978	Toms River, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	81 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1978. 1978 had 633 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

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Data for records on 1978-06-15: 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	484
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1