Weather Records on 2 June 1952

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1952. Highest significance: Portal, US.

Key Facts for 2 June 1952

On 2 June 1952, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 372 daily.
Portal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.9 mm (2.2 in) on 2 June 1952.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 2 June 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cochise 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael Rch Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mohiuddin Nagar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 299.

Records on 2 June 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 372.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1952

Top 20 records on 2 June 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1952	Portal, US	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1952	Socorro, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Clifton, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Cochise 4 SSE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Halden, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	San Rafael Rch Sp, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Seligman, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Silver City, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Willcox, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Hood Rs, US	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Pinos Altos, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Luna Rs, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Chelsea, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Bangalore, IN	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	San Simon, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Stuart Mill State School, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Benson, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1952	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	45 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 391 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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Data for records on 1952-06-02: 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 2 June 1952
Margin	Records
0 to 10	232
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2