Weather Records on 2 June 1955

636 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1955. Highest significance: Dimboola, AU.

Key Facts for 2 June 1955

On 2 June 1955, 636 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 600 daily.
Dimboola set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 2 June 1955.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

636 stations

636 station records on 2 June 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wynarka (Hooper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Katyil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Copeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pigick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawloit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karoonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown (Karrawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandalwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

636 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 391, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 June 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	391
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 June 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1955

Top 20 records on 2 June 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1955	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1955	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Wynarka (Hooper), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Katyil, AU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Copeville, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Rainbow (Pigick), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Geranium, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Lawloit, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Rainbow (Pella), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Natimuk, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Gordon 6N, US	monthly snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Karoonda, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	9.7 C (49.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Robertson, ZA	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Montpelier Rs, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1955	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 636 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 20	521
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1