Weather Records on 2 June 1971

599 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1971. Highest significance: Medicine Lodge, US.

Key Facts for 2 June 1971

On 2 June 1971, 599 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 566 daily.
Medicine Lodge set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 2 June 1971.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

599 stations

599 station records on 2 June 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Horinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tekoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ipueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Acude General Sampaio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ubobo Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guaraciaba Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Conselho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parafuso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Vernon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
South Nietta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

599 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 2 June 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 2 June 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1971

Top 20 records on 2 June 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1971	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1971	Horinsk, RU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1971	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Ponca City, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Tekoa, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Potlatch 3 NNE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Ipueiras, BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Marshall, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Monroe Lock 4, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Batalha, BR	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Jua, BR	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Bosque del Apache, US	monthly low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Sao Benedito, BR	daily rain	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Pullman 2 NW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1971	Kayenta, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1971	Lacrosse, US	monthly low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1971	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1971	Toliman, MX	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 1971	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	33 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

1793 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 599 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	438
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2