Weather Records on 2 June 1985

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1985. Highest significance: Madowla, AU.

Key Facts for 2 June 1985

On 2 June 1985, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
385 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 831 daily.
Madowla set a daily record precipitation of 75.1 mm (3.0 in) on 2 June 1985.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 2 June 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Numil Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yining	China	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leningori	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellshot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bylong (Montoro)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbervie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaawaloa 29	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clutha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sabdan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koror	Palau	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 206, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 June 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	206
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 June 1985 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 37, daily 831.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

669 broken records

Margins by which the 669 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1985

Top 20 records on 2 June 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1985	Madowla, AU	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1985	Penola Downs Station, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1985	Malboona, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1985	Stamford Station, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1985	Numil Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1985	Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Mornington Island, AU	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Chico UNIV Farm, US	monthly low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	West Leichhardt Station, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Baratria, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Belmont, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Yining, CN	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Crowfels Station, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Leningori, GE	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Corona Downs, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Nitta Yuma, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Dotswood, AU	monthly rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Lanihau 68.2, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1985	Alni, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	43 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 872 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 1985-06-02: 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 2026-10-17 (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	570
10 to 20	56
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2