Weather Records on 5 June 1985

1,339 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1985. Highest significance: Plainview, US.

Key Facts for 5 June 1985

On 5 June 1985, 1,339 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
621 were record highs and 277 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,288 daily.
Plainview set a monthly record daily precipitation of 161.5 mm (6.4 in) on 5 June 1985.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,339 stations

1,339 station records on 5 June 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alsea Fh (Fall Creek)	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ines	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Matador	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein (Tchelery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bentonville 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morton	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ringgold	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puruandiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,339 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 270, Lowest daily maximum 193, Highest daily minimum 351, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 440, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 June 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	270
Lowest daily maximum	193
Highest daily minimum	351
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	440
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 1985 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 30, daily 1,288.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,047 broken records

Margins by which the 1,047 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1985

Top 20 records on 5 June 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1985	Plainview, US	monthly rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	66 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1985	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1985	Sherman, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1985	Putbus, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1985	Chattanooga, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1985	Fischers Store, US	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1985	Munday, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1985	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Clarendon, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Perkins, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Mortlake, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Rotan, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Elk City 4 W, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Alsea Fh (Fall Creek), US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Quanah 2 SW, US	monthly rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Moutajup, AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Spavinaw, US	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Santa Ines, BR	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1985	Edwardsville 2 W, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	52 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1985. 1985 had 1,339 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 1985-06-05: 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 2026-10-17 (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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 June 1985
Margin	Records
0 to 20	943
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	6