Weather Records on 5 June 1966

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1966. Highest significance: Luz (Estacao), BR.

Key Facts for 5 June 1966

On 5 June 1966, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 606 daily.
Luz (Estacao) set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 5 June 1966.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 5 June 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Botataboomen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Delareyville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leeudoringstad (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frazier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kanye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 400, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 June 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	400
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1966

Top 20 records on 5 June 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1966	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Leeukop, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Muenster, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Vogelstruiskuil, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Botataboomen, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Delareyville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Setlagodi (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Biscotasing, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Klipspruit, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Matehuala (Smn), MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Kislovodsk, RU	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Leeudoringstad (Skl), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Maniwaki 2, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Yerevan, AM	daily high min	20.9 C (69.6 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Frazier Downs, AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Rheinstetten, DE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Kolar, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Doornbult, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1966	Rooiberg, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1966. 1966 had 622 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 1966-06-05: 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	410
10 to 20	101
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	2