Weather Records on 2 June 1956

1,024 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1956. Highest significance: Raj-Nilgiri, IN.

Key Facts for 2 June 1956

On 2 June 1956, 1,024 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 595 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 941 daily.
Raj-Nilgiri set a daily record precipitation of 128.5 mm (5.1 in) on 2 June 1956.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

1,024 stations

1,024 station records on 2 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jhargram	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heath Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gosaba	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,024 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 199, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 396, Heaviest daily rainfall 191.

Records on 2 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	199
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	396
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 83, daily 941.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

783 broken records

Margins by which the 783 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 197.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1956

Top 20 records on 2 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1956	Raj-Nilgiri, IN	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Purankot, IN	daily rain	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Haringhata, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Soro, IN	daily rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	180.4 mm (7.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Raleigh State UNIV, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Jhargram, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Kokpekty, KZ	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Neuse 2 NE, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Balasore, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Borsat, IN	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Louisburg, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Kukrahati, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Pinehurst Sthrn Pines, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Tamluk, IN	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Raleigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1956	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	37 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 1,024 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 25	741
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2