Weather Records on 2 June 1942

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1942. Highest significance: Academy 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 2 June 1942

On 2 June 1942, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 297 daily.
Academy 2NE set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 2 June 1942.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

311 stations

311 station records on 2 June 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pilgrims Rest (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malcolm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morgans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawlers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanowna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Sir Samuel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lanaubra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meekatharra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canudos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 170.

Records on 2 June 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 297.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1942

Top 20 records on 2 June 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1942	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Muccan, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Menzies, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Pilgrims Rest (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Oxford, GB	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Leonora, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Sturt Meadows, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Iowa Falls, US	all-time rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Bertrand, US	all-time rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Kookynie, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1942	Malcolm, AU	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1942	Yundamindra, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1942	Bulong, AU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1942	Minara, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1942	Mount Morgans, AU	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1942	Centennial Park, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1942	Elandsfontein, ZA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	28 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 311 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	215
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1