Weather Records on 2 June 1961

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1961. Highest significance: Arnsberg, DE.

Key Facts for 2 June 1961

On 2 June 1961, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 511 daily.
Arnsberg set a daily record precipitation of 48.2 mm (1.9 in) on 2 June 1961.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 2 June 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pampa Wb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mafeteng	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Recklinghausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morvi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fielden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Slave Lake	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 279.

Records on 2 June 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1961

Top 20 records on 2 June 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1961	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1961	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1961	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Pampa Wb AP, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Pavillion, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Lamar, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Aachen, DE	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Nieuwejaarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Summerfield 2 NE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Bernkastel-Kues, DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Pine Bluffs, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Agartala, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Jerome, US	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Solingen-Hohenscheid, DE	monthly rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Waterdale, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1961	Dewetsdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	50 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 536 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	363
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1