Weather Records on 5 June 1947

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1947. Highest significance: Winterset 4N, US.

Key Facts for 5 June 1947

On 5 June 1947, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 467 daily.
Winterset 4N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 133.4 mm (5.3 in) on 5 June 1947.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 5 June 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franz	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Highcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 June 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 June 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 467.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1947

Top 20 records on 5 June 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1947	Winterset 4N, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1947	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Mount Derriwong, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Woodland Park, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Indianola 1SW, US	monthly rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Redding Fire STN 2, US	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Kadiri, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Nandyal, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	19.8 C (67.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	148 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Brunswick, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Lindisfarne, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1947	Trenton, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	38 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1947. 1947 had 486 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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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).