Weather Records on 5 June 1942

202 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1942. Highest significance: Maunabo, PR.

Key Facts for 5 June 1942

On 5 June 1942, 202 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 198 daily.
Maunabo set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 5 June 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

202 stations

202 station records on 5 June 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cowcowing Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hospet	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

202 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 78.

Records on 5 June 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

137 broken records

Margins by which the 137 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1942

Top 20 records on 5 June 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1942	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1942	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1942	Campbell, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1942	Lundbreck, CA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1942	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1942	Cowcowing Central, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1942	Oxford, GB	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1942	Makaweli 965, US	all-time high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1942	Caldwell, CA	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Hospet, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Galway, IE	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Monmouth, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	W Pt, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Cloquet, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Virginia, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Pine Bluff, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Abbeville, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1942	Kennebec, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	24 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

1804 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1942. 1942 had 202 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 1942-06-05: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 June 1942
Margin	Records
0 to 10	109
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1