Weather Records on 18 June 1996

1,004 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1996. Highest significance: Port Washington, US.

Key Facts for 18 June 1996

On 18 June 1996, 1,004 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 973 daily.
Port Washington set an all-time record daily precipitation of 250.7 mm (9.9 in) on 18 June 1996.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,004 stations

1,004 station records on 18 June 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	250.7 mm (9.9 in)	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rib Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Maasoja	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Brook 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tuusula Ruotsinkyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hattula Leteensuo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salo Karkka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ustordynskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stryker	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Riana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koski Sorvasto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Suontaka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,004 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 387, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 18 June 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	387
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 June 1996 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

791 broken records

Margins by which the 791 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1996

Top 20 records on 18 June 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1996	Port Washington, US	all-time rain	250.7 mm (9.9 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	71 years	91 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 June 1996	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1996	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1996	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1996	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1996	Erie Intl AP, US	monthly rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1996	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	101 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1996	Cando 1E, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1996	Glenn Dale Bell STN, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Sattahip, TH	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Rib Falls, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Everett, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa, FI	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Cacahoatan, MX	daily rain	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Glenwillard Dashields L&D, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Vihti Maasoja, FI	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1996	Lowell, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 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

1800 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1996. 1996 had 1,004 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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Data for records on 1996-06-18: 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	725
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2