Weather Records on 2 June 1953

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1953. Highest significance: Brandon Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 2 June 1953

On 2 June 1953, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 485 daily.
Brandon Cda set an all-time record daily precipitation of 102.9 mm (4.1 in) on 2 June 1953.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 2 June 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leader	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 2 June 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1953 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 27, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1953

Top 20 records on 2 June 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1953	Brandon Cda, CA	all-time rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Chardzhev, TM	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Seven Persons, CA	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Vauxhall, CA	all-time rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Leader, CA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	St Albans, CA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Lethbridge Cda, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Deer Lodge, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Yellow Grass, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Ceylon, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Salmon AP, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Serampore, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1953	Innsbruck, AT	monthly low min	1.3 C (34.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	67 years	39 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 515 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 1953-06-02: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	318
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1