Weather Records on 2 June 1981

1,048 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1981. Highest significance: Kislovodsk, RU.

Key Facts for 2 June 1981

On 2 June 1981, 1,048 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
343 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,005 daily.
Kislovodsk set a daily record precipitation of 63.2 mm (2.5 in) on 2 June 1981.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

1,048 stations

1,048 station records on 2 June 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cargoon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gallangowan Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eenbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mounefontein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Northumbria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Vale Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Ringo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,048 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 216, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 569.

Records on 2 June 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	216
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	569
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 42, daily 1,005.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

919 broken records

Margins by which the 919 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1981

Top 20 records on 2 June 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1981	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1981	Belah Park, AU	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1981	Lillimur Estate, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1981	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1981	Ivanhoe Downs, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Bramsche, DE	monthly rain	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Booneville, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Gladstone, AU	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Nhill (Woorak), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Port Kenny (Yandra), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Woodbury (the Braes), AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Wexford, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Salisbury, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Oatlands Post Office, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Cargoon Station, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1981	Mount Bryan, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	51 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 1,048 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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Data for records on 1981-06-02: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	827
20 to 40	78
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1