Weather Records on 2 June 1937

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1937. Highest significance: Humansdorp (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 June 1937

On 2 June 1937, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 271 daily.
Humansdorp (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 2 June 1937.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 2 June 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 84.

Records on 2 June 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

195 broken records

Margins by which the 195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1937

Top 20 records on 2 June 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1937	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1937	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1937	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1937	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1937	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Porthill, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Little Hartley (Sheepcombe), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Beaver City, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Dunvegan, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Oneonta, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Culbertson, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Arukutty, IN	monthly rain	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1937	Toccoa, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	21 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

1793 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 272 records.

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

Records on 06-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1794	1
1805	1
1809	1
1810	1
1822	1
1829	2
1834	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	2
1860	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1871	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1892	2
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1900	2
1901	8
1902	5
1903	15
1904	12
1905	11
1906	11
1907	55
1908	14
1909	49
1910	36
1911	17
1912	17
1913	13
1914	21
1915	19
1916	33
1917	34
1918	46
1919	56
1920	242
1921	28
1922	21
1923	164
1924	104
1925	169
1926	95
1927	181
1928	196
1929	356
1930	390
1931	265
1932	193
1933	387
1934	758
1935	145
1936	418
1937	272
1938	426
1939	477
1940	266
1941	506
1942	311
1943	883
1944	481
1945	650
1946	824
1947	557
1948	446
1949	386
1950	358
1951	789
1952	391
1953	515
1954	685
1955	636
1956	1,024
1957	555
1958	336
1959	344
1960	408
1961	536
1962	582
1963	407
1964	491
1965	213
1966	737
1967	750
1968	545
1969	613
1970	937
1971	599
1972	547
1973	460
1974	333
1975	453
1976	554
1977	636
1978	675
1979	776
1980	832
1981	1,048
1982	740
1983	702
1984	710
1985	872
1986	1,322
1987	751
1988	895
1989	746
1990	925
1991	1,224
1992	1,059
1993	1,336
1994	701
1995	776
1996	754
1997	821
1998	1,558
1999	1,081
2000	1,009
2001	973
2002	1,062
2003	1,038
2004	900
2005	901
2006	1,172
2007	825
2008	885
2009	690
2010	849
2011	1,225
2012	1,052
2013	1,142
2014	734
2015	712
2016	500
2017	484
2018	914
2019	401
2020	754
2021	1,262
2022	486
2023	867
2024	583
2025	671
2026	524

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Data for records on 1937-06-02: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	183
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1