Weather Records on 5 June 1955

249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1955. Highest significance: Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US.

Key Facts for 5 June 1955

On 5 June 1955, 249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 244 daily.
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 5 June 1955.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

249 stations

249 station records on 5 June 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Towrana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kathleen Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bohemia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elamang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

249 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 June 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 June 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 244.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

204 broken records

Margins by which the 204 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1955

Top 20 records on 5 June 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1955	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	Beagle Bay, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	Superior, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	Three Rivers, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	Hay (Illilawa), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	San Juan de Los Llanos, MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1955	Mundiwindi, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	W Pt, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	Moorarie, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	San Jose, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	Brownsville, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	Touros, BR	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	Anna Plains, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 June 1955	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1955. 1955 had 249 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1955-06-05: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	150
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2