Weather Records on 3 June 1972

428 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 1972. Highest significance: Sotchi, RU.

Key Facts for 3 June 1972

On 3 June 1972, 428 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 422 daily.
Sotchi set a daily record precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 3 June 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

428 stations

428 station records on 3 June 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Catingueira (Juca)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balleza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kedabek	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Spencer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armavir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Natrona Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Riacho Do Sangue	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Namiquipa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

428 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 June 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 June 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

324 broken records

Margins by which the 324 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 1972

Top 20 records on 3 June 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1972	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1972	Tierra Blanca (Smn), MX	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1972	New Castle 1 N, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1972	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1972	Atyrau, KZ	daily high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1972	Newton, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1972	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high max	34.3 C (93.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1972	Geneseo, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1972	Itaporanga Dajuda, BR	daily rain	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Penedo, BR	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Greenfield, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Milha, BR	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	American Falls 6 NE, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Oakley, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Charles City, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Osceola, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Abilene, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Minneapolis, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Carrollton, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 June 1972	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73 years	32 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

1796 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1972. 1972 had 428 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-03 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1810	3
1822	1
1825	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	8
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	2
1886	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	12
1899	2
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	10
1904	4
1905	5
1906	15
1907	31
1908	15
1909	35
1910	31
1911	15
1912	22
1913	13
1914	30
1915	32
1916	189
1917	18
1918	45
1919	84
1920	53
1921	42
1922	41
1923	340
1924	220
1925	264
1926	208
1927	186
1928	314
1929	466
1930	246
1931	209
1932	266
1933	433
1934	457
1935	157
1936	500
1937	256
1938	270
1939	329
1940	253
1941	328
1942	366
1943	897
1944	434
1945	997
1946	563
1947	502
1948	502
1949	403
1950	513
1951	634
1952	469
1953	444
1954	494
1955	421
1956	946
1957	553
1958	446
1959	411
1960	509
1961	863
1962	528
1963	520
1964	290
1965	296
1966	534
1967	579
1968	581
1969	703
1970	1,067
1971	505
1972	428
1973	511
1974	398
1975	415
1976	546
1977	574
1978	737
1979	779
1980	886
1981	1,169
1982	944
1983	648
1984	680
1985	1,074
1986	1,302
1987	796
1988	933
1989	816
1990	1,080
1991	1,350
1992	1,065
1993	994
1994	666
1995	891
1996	837
1997	753
1998	2,115
1999	1,012
2000	1,042
2001	879
2002	1,134
2003	1,167
2004	1,014
2005	1,054
2006	1,109
2007	867
2008	1,241
2009	691
2010	876
2011	1,167
2012	883
2013	678
2014	618
2015	532
2016	584
2017	465
2018	798
2019	525
2020	790
2021	1,588
2022	471
2023	764
2024	703
2025	586
2026	451

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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 20	316
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1