Weather Records on 2 June 1954

685 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1954. Highest significance: Murphy 4ESE, US.

Key Facts for 2 June 1954

On 2 June 1954, 685 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 659 daily.
Murphy 4ESE set a daily record precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 2 June 1954.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

685 stations

685 station records on 2 June 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoffmeister 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mossoro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Ghee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

685 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 2 June 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

591 broken records

Margins by which the 591 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1954

Top 20 records on 2 June 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1954	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1954	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1954	Frances, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1954	Casterton (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	White Cliffs (Purnanga), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Fairfax, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Greenfield Ctr, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Ivanhoe (Bonuna), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Spier Falls, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Edenhope (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Denkanikottah, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Nargund, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Andrews, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Salisbury, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Kennebec, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Daroca, ES	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	Katandra, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1954	St Fereol, CA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	40 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 685 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	464
10 to 20	84
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1