Weather Records on 3 June 1916

189 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 1916. Highest significance: Meningie, AU.

Key Facts for 3 June 1916

On 3 June 1916, 189 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 187 daily.
Meningie set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 3 June 1916.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

189 stations

189 station records on 3 June 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Wondo Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

189 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 3 June 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 June 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 187.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 27.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 1916

Top 20 records on 3 June 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1916	Meningie, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Lillimur Estate, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Normanville, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Nhill, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Bordertown, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1916	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Mornington, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Minimay (Booroopki), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Newlyn Reservoir, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1916	Willunga, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1916. 1916 had 189 records.

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

Records on 06-03 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1810	3
1822	1
1825	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	8
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	2
1886	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	12
1899	2
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	10
1904	4
1905	5
1906	15
1907	31
1908	15
1909	35
1910	31
1911	15
1912	22
1913	13
1914	30
1915	32
1916	189
1917	18
1918	45
1919	84
1920	53
1921	42
1922	41
1923	340
1924	220
1925	264
1926	208
1927	186
1928	314
1929	466
1930	246
1931	209
1932	266
1933	433
1934	457
1935	157
1936	500
1937	256
1938	270
1939	329
1940	253
1941	328
1942	366
1943	897
1944	434
1945	997
1946	563
1947	502
1948	502
1949	403
1950	513
1951	634
1952	469
1953	444
1954	494
1955	421
1956	946
1957	553
1958	446
1959	411
1960	509
1961	863
1962	528
1963	520
1964	290
1965	296
1966	534
1967	579
1968	581
1969	703
1970	1,067
1971	505
1972	428
1973	511
1974	398
1975	415
1976	546
1977	574
1978	737
1979	779
1980	886
1981	1,169
1982	944
1983	648
1984	680
1985	1,074
1986	1,302
1987	796
1988	933
1989	816
1990	1,080
1991	1,350
1992	1,065
1993	994
1994	666
1995	891
1996	837
1997	753
1998	2,115
1999	1,012
2000	1,042
2001	879
2002	1,134
2003	1,167
2004	1,014
2005	1,054
2006	1,109
2007	867
2008	1,241
2009	691
2010	876
2011	1,167
2012	883
2013	678
2014	618
2015	532
2016	584
2017	465
2018	798
2019	525
2020	790
2021	1,588
2022	471
2023	764
2024	703
2025	586
2026	451

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 June 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 5	77
5 to 10	46
10 to 15	31
15 to 20	19
20 to 25	5
25 to 30	2