Weather Records on 3 June 1987

796 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 1987. Highest significance: Ustordynskij, RU.

Key Facts for 3 June 1987

On 3 June 1987, 796 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
386 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 764 daily.
Ustordynskij set an all-time record daily precipitation of 116.1 mm (4.6 in) on 3 June 1987.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

796 stations

796 station records on 3 June 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ustordynskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tambov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas 2 NW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waelder 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phrae	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tynda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Georgievsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muncie	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Old Forge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tygda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

796 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 3 June 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 June 1987 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 1987

Top 20 records on 3 June 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1987	Ustordynskij, RU	all-time rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 June 1987	Brenham, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 June 1987	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 June 1987	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 June 1987	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Buxton, GB	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	111 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Tancochapa, MX	monthly low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Bulverde, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Tambov, RU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Winchester Airport 3 E, US	all-time rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Sarapul, RU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Mwanza, TZ	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Vega de Alatorre, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Sebewaing, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	San Marcos, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Adjuntas 2 NW, PR	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Smolensk, RU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Hermann, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1987	Saginaw #3, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	44 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

1796 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1987. 1987 had 796 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-03 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1810	3
1822	1
1825	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	8
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	2
1886	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	12
1899	2
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	10
1904	4
1905	5
1906	15
1907	31
1908	15
1909	35
1910	31
1911	15
1912	22
1913	13
1914	30
1915	32
1916	189
1917	18
1918	45
1919	84
1920	53
1921	42
1922	41
1923	340
1924	220
1925	264
1926	208
1927	186
1928	314
1929	466
1930	246
1931	209
1932	266
1933	433
1934	457
1935	157
1936	500
1937	256
1938	270
1939	329
1940	253
1941	328
1942	366
1943	897
1944	434
1945	997
1946	563
1947	502
1948	502
1949	403
1950	513
1951	634
1952	469
1953	444
1954	494
1955	421
1956	946
1957	553
1958	446
1959	411
1960	509
1961	863
1962	528
1963	520
1964	290
1965	296
1966	534
1967	579
1968	581
1969	703
1970	1,067
1971	505
1972	428
1973	511
1974	398
1975	415
1976	546
1977	574
1978	737
1979	779
1980	886
1981	1,169
1982	944
1983	648
1984	680
1985	1,074
1986	1,302
1987	796
1988	933
1989	816
1990	1,080
1991	1,350
1992	1,065
1993	994
1994	666
1995	891
1996	837
1997	753
1998	2,115
1999	1,012
2000	1,042
2001	879
2002	1,134
2003	1,167
2004	1,014
2005	1,054
2006	1,109
2007	867
2008	1,241
2009	691
2010	876
2011	1,167
2012	883
2013	678
2014	618
2015	532
2016	584
2017	465
2018	798
2019	525
2020	790
2021	1,588
2022	471
2023	764
2024	703
2025	586
2026	451

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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	565
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3