Weather Records on 2 June 1978

675 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1978. Highest significance: Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU.

Key Facts for 2 June 1978

On 2 June 1978, 675 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 646 daily.
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club) set a daily record precipitation of 135.4 mm (5.3 in) on 2 June 1978.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

675 stations

675 station records on 2 June 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wagner (Itacira)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.8 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maroota ( Roberts Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland (Jamieson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Algiers	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans D P S 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Gingkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sernovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan State Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallacia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill (Glen Dusk)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

675 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 361.

Records on 2 June 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 646.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1978

Top 20 records on 2 June 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1978	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	90 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Cataract Dam, AU	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Longview, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Wagner (Itacira), BR	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	155.8 mm (6.1 in)	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Borken In Westfalen, DE	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1978	Minto Surrey Street, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Penrith Ladbury Avenue, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Richmond Raaf, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Acude Mundo Novo, BR	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Windsor Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Glenfield (Macquarie), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Maroota ( Roberts Road), AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Kurrajong Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Ryde Pumping Station, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1978	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	53 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1978. 1978 had 675 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 20	493
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	31
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1