Weather Records on 5 June 1921

138 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1921. Highest significance: Cockburn, AU.

Key Facts for 5 June 1921

On 5 June 1921, 138 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 135 daily.
Cockburn set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 5 June 1921.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

138 stations

138 station records on 5 June 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haddon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Roseberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

138 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 86.

Records on 5 June 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 135.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

120 broken records

Margins by which the 120 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1921

Top 20 records on 5 June 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1921	Cockburn, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1921	Yudnapinna, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1921	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Weimar, DE	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Cobar Post Office, AU	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	all-time rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Pella, ZA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Haddon, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Port Germein (Telowie), AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Coondambo, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1921	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	47 years	20 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

1804 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1921. 1921 had 138 records.

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

Records on 06-05 in each year
Year	Records
1804	2
1805	1
1810	2
1822	1
1837	1
1843	1
1846	2
1849	2
1854	1
1857	2
1861	1
1866	1
1870	1
1871	6
1874	2
1877	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	9
1900	4
1901	8
1902	2
1903	7
1904	10
1905	8
1906	12
1907	15
1908	32
1909	13
1910	42
1911	18
1912	26
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	38
1917	132
1918	53
1919	86
1920	97
1921	138
1922	100
1923	577
1924	121
1925	442
1926	349
1927	268
1928	352
1929	383
1930	187
1931	229
1932	167
1933	586
1934	420
1935	426
1936	271
1937	424
1938	265
1939	364
1940	198
1941	288
1942	202
1943	589
1944	423
1945	1,215
1946	656
1947	486
1948	460
1949	369
1950	413
1951	532
1952	519
1953	319
1954	723
1955	249
1956	656
1957	600
1958	433
1959	401
1960	329
1961	475
1962	556
1963	577
1964	518
1965	365
1966	622
1967	584
1968	779
1969	924
1970	607
1971	502
1972	552
1973	549
1974	611
1975	553
1976	564
1977	1,171
1978	607
1979	722
1980	687
1981	907
1982	1,487
1983	846
1984	857
1985	1,339
1986	873
1987	859
1988	1,969
1989	1,001
1990	1,187
1991	921
1992	889
1993	1,616
1994	697
1995	809
1996	776
1997	1,229
1998	2,556
1999	1,266
2000	1,280
2001	1,021
2002	1,281
2003	1,159
2004	973
2005	882
2006	975
2007	680
2008	1,575
2009	920
2010	1,164
2011	913
2012	867
2013	465
2014	614
2015	719
2016	1,386
2017	440
2018	455
2019	632
2020	932
2021	1,206
2022	681
2023	509
2024	712
2025	507
2026	382

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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	78
5 to 10	25
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	4
25 to 30	2