Weather Records on 2 June 1940

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1940. Highest significance: Kulu, IN.

Key Facts for 2 June 1940

On 2 June 1940, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
174 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 264 daily.
Kulu set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 2 June 1940.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 2 June 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chotan	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudha	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
North Fork Mntc STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 74.

Records on 2 June 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

204 broken records

Margins by which the 204 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1940

Top 20 records on 2 June 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1940	Kulu, IN	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1940	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1940	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1940	Una, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1940	Chotan, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1940	Kotli, PK	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1940	Karnah, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1940	Sanand, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Cherdyn', RU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Wadhwan, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Palasbari, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Marianna Sch For Boys, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Kennebec, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	45 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Edgewater, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Salmon AP, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Harrisburg River Gage, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Lovell, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Beowawe, US	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1940	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	10 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

1793 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 266 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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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	186
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3