Weather Records on 3 June 1939

329 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 1939. Highest significance: Melrose, AU.

Key Facts for 3 June 1939

On 3 June 1939, 329 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 314 daily.
Melrose set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 3 June 1939.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

329 stations

329 station records on 3 June 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchelville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amyton (Pinda Section 63)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton (Shoal View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

329 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 204.

Records on 3 June 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 June 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 1939

Top 20 records on 3 June 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1939	Melrose, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 June 1939	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Port Germein (Telowie), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Cowell, AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Booleroo Centre (Willowie), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Laura, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Mitchelville, AU	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Amyton (Pinda Section 63), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Mannum (Sanderston), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Saddleworth, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Wirrabara Forest, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1939	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	45 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

1796 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1939. 1939 had 329 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 10	210
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1