Weather Records on 2 June 1989

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1989. Highest significance: Kimba (Cortlinye), AU.

Key Facts for 2 June 1989

On 2 June 1989, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
375 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 720 daily.
Kimba (Cortlinye) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 2 June 1989.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

746 stations

746 station records on 2 June 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Mullaquana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warramboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Yeltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Knob (Gilles Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas 2 NW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kybartai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Masljanino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Srednekan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koran	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narrowsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapaevo	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tillabery	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	45.4 C (113.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Omaha Eppley Airfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 June 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 June 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 720.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

556 broken records

Margins by which the 556 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1989

Top 20 records on 2 June 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1989	Kimba (Cortlinye), AU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	74 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1989	Whyalla (Norrie), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1989	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1989	Butler (Anona), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1989	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1989	Lock, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1989	Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1989	Alpine, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1989	Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills), AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Roopena, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Whyalla (Mullaquana), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Lock (Terre), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Mount Wudinna, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Warramboo, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Kimba (Yeltana), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Kimba, AU	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Wudinna, AU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Sheringa, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Yaninee, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1989	Iron Knob (Gilles Downs), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	46 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1989. 1989 had 746 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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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	484
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1