Weather Records on 1 June 1939

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 June 1939. Highest significance: Bacchus Marsh, AU.

Key Facts for 1 June 1939

On 1 June 1939, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 465 daily.
Bacchus Marsh set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 1 June 1939.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 1 June 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 June 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Moriac	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 1 June 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 299.

Records on 1 June 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 June 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 465.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 June 1939

Top 20 records on 1 June 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 June 1939	Bacchus Marsh, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 June 1939	Queenscliff, AU	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 June 1939	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 June 1939	San Remo, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Barramunga, AU	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Palermo, IT	monthly rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	115 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Anakie, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Berrybank, AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Balliang East, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Beech Forest, AU	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Wahgunyah, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Lara Lake, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Yarroweyah, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1939	Ballan, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	47 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 492 records.

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

Records on 06-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	1
1811	1
1827	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	3
1871	1
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1879	3
1884	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	6
1890	6
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1894	4
1895	7
1896	2
1897	10
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	7
1902	7
1903	15
1904	14
1905	10
1906	6
1907	22
1908	6
1909	29
1910	28
1911	17
1912	22
1913	25
1914	16
1915	21
1916	44
1917	29
1918	51
1919	52
1920	254
1921	39
1922	36
1923	149
1924	113
1925	216
1926	141
1927	144
1928	94
1929	159
1930	635
1931	268
1932	101
1933	434
1934	842
1935	145
1936	515
1937	450
1938	391
1939	492
1940	345
1941	356
1942	211
1943	745
1944	498
1945	757
1946	611
1947	424
1948	367
1949	347
1950	359
1951	695
1952	319
1953	422
1954	430
1955	562
1956	800
1957	382
1958	295
1959	476
1960	294
1961	363
1962	526
1963	215
1964	768
1965	291
1966	1,074
1967	884
1968	370
1969	453
1970	614
1971	667
1972	991
1973	396
1974	443
1975	794
1976	531
1977	754
1978	768
1979	953
1980	574
1981	1,009
1982	855
1983	908
1984	1,238
1985	673
1986	1,250
1987	730
1988	1,043
1989	751
1990	852
1991	1,346
1992	1,033
1993	1,074
1994	732
1995	736
1996	686
1997	1,222
1998	1,250
1999	752
2000	1,147
2001	1,076
2002	1,114
2003	841
2004	791
2005	751
2006	988
2007	744
2008	765
2009	650
2010	776
2011	1,267
2012	948
2013	1,344
2014	757
2015	766
2016	554
2017	428
2018	1,093
2019	320
2020	675
2021	913
2022	604
2023	663
2024	652
2025	890
2026	471

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Data for records on 1939-06-01: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 June 1939
Margin	Records
0 to 10	301
10 to 20	81
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	7