Weather Records on 3 June 1921

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 1921. Highest significance: Hoofddorp, NL.

Key Facts for 3 June 1921

On 3 June 1921, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 40 daily.
Hoofddorp set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 3 June 1921.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 3 June 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 19.

Records on 3 June 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 June 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 40.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

34 broken records

Margins by which the 34 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 1921

Top 20 records on 3 June 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1921	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1921	Scheveningen, NL	all-time rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1921	Ottawa, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1921	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Tunis, TN	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	67 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Muenster, DE	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	North Bruce, CA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Southampton, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1921	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	14 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1921. 1921 had 42 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	24
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1