Weather Records on 11 June 1997

1,067 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 June 1997. Highest significance: East London -Signal STN, ZA.

Key Facts for 11 June 1997

On 11 June 1997, 1,067 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
469 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,023 daily.
East London -Signal STN set a daily record precipitation of 89.6 mm (3.5 in) on 11 June 1997.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

1,067 stations

1,067 station records on 11 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schikfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Terneuzen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ibeka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manina (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kentwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Copco #1 Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neghelle	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kranskop (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Terceira Alianca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,067 records

Records set or tied on 11 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 369, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 11 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 11 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 1,023.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

869 broken records

Margins by which the 869 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 June 1997

Top 20 records on 11 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 June 1997	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	95 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Libode (Bos), ZA	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Ntywenka (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Sebeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Wilo (Bos), ZA	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Glenora, ZA	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Elliot, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Nqadu Heights (Bos), ZA	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1997	Papane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1997	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1997	Cape Hermes, ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1997	Bele (Bos), ZA	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1997	Tsolo, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	53 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

1793 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,067 records.

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

Records on 06-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	2
1811	1
1812	1
1816	1
1821	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1869	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	5
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	15
1904	4
1905	9
1906	11
1907	23
1908	20
1909	22
1910	28
1911	59
1912	40
1913	32
1914	26
1915	44
1916	73
1917	157
1918	29
1919	27
1920	37
1921	109
1922	69
1923	199
1924	114
1925	138
1926	130
1927	181
1928	179
1929	132
1930	143
1931	200
1932	174
1933	589
1934	228
1935	243
1936	377
1937	386
1938	370
1939	344
1940	388
1941	623
1942	515
1943	216
1944	266
1945	702
1946	283
1947	754
1948	361
1949	461
1950	352
1951	417
1952	580
1953	585
1954	288
1955	1,073
1956	783
1957	599
1958	554
1959	315
1960	260
1961	390
1962	314
1963	707
1964	601
1965	405
1966	530
1967	494
1968	423
1969	620
1970	762
1971	368
1972	1,455
1973	803
1974	543
1975	622
1976	621
1977	530
1978	517
1979	745
1980	765
1981	866
1982	633
1983	596
1984	824
1985	725
1986	720
1987	494
1988	1,012
1989	879
1990	612
1991	922
1992	833
1993	938
1994	608
1995	1,273
1996	1,127
1997	1,067
1998	1,487
1999	916
2000	1,271
2001	1,027
2002	1,057
2003	857
2004	939
2005	1,828
2006	1,566
2007	778
2008	1,468
2009	1,012
2010	1,263
2011	918
2012	864
2013	892
2014	536
2015	583
2016	810
2017	760
2018	645
2019	915
2020	581
2021	1,036
2022	1,449
2023	570
2024	604
2025	724
2026	867

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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 50	855
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3