Weather Records on 5 June 1957

600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1957. Highest significance: Lenoir, US.

Key Facts for 5 June 1957

On 5 June 1957, 600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 591 daily.
Lenoir set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 5 June 1957.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

600 stations

600 station records on 5 June 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prudente de Morais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altapass	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dakor	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

600 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 219.

Records on 5 June 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 591.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1957

Top 20 records on 5 June 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1957	Lenoir, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Prosser, US	all-time rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Union City, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Morganton, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Mercanam, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Prudente de Morais, BR	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Brevard, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Marion, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Navalgund, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1957	Annapolis US Naval Aca, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 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

1804 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1957. 1957 had 600 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

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Data for records on 1957-06-05: 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	400
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1