Weather Records on 5 June 1939

364 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1939. Highest significance: Lilydale, AU.

Key Facts for 5 June 1939

On 5 June 1939, 364 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 339 daily.
Lilydale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 5 June 1939.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

364 stations

364 station records on 5 June 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toorak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Almurta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
French Island (Tankerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Seymour (Overton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	45.4 C (113.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

364 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 June 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1939

Top 20 records on 5 June 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1939	Lilydale, AU	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1939	Clyde State School, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1939	Gembrook, AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1939	Croydon State School, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1939	Barellan Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Binya Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Mornington, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Toorak, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Prahran (Como House), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Sassafras Post Office, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Beenak, AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Somerville, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Huntsville, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Armagh, GB	daily high max	26.6 C (79.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1939	Yass (Linton Hostel), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	40 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

1804 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1939. 1939 had 364 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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Data for records on 1939-06-05: 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	270
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1