Weather Records on 5 June 1981

907 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1981. Highest significance: Sugartown, US.

Key Facts for 5 June 1981

On 5 June 1981, 907 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
430 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 887 daily.
Sugartown set a daily record precipitation of 114.8 mm (4.5 in) on 5 June 1981.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

907 stations

907 station records on 5 June 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	335.3 mm (13.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alat	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Surprise Store	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Piller	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Barretal I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hye	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itarana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Deer Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pinopolis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shamakhy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gold	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cultus Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

907 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 329, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 378.

Records on 5 June 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	329
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	378
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 887.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

714 broken records

Margins by which the 714 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 182.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1981

Top 20 records on 5 June 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1981	Sugartown, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1981	Osijek, HR	daily rain	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1981	Anahuac, US	monthly rain	335.3 mm (13.2 in)	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	19 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1981	Temple, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Alat, AZ	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Liberty, US	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Waterloo 2 NW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Fairview, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Surprise Store, ZA	monthly rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Piller, BR	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	El Barretal I, MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Hye, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Kingsville, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Lampasas, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Itarana, BR	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Seymour Falls, CA	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Kangela, Mtubatuba, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Riverview, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1981	Elizabeth, US	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	41 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1981. 1981 had 907 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 1981-06-05: 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 2026-10-16 (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 25	671
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1