Weather Records on 3 June 1996

837 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 1996. Highest significance: Petropavlovskij Majak, RU.

Key Facts for 3 June 1996

On 3 June 1996, 837 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 810 daily.
Petropavlovskij Majak set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 3 June 1996.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

837 stations

837 station records on 3 June 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cardabia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Escuintla (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minilya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upata	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Ave V Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kentwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooralya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Catarina Sur	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu (Camarazal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mugur-Aksy	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yecorato (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tonichi	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Piller	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

837 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 186.

Records on 3 June 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 June 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 810.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

626 broken records

Margins by which the 626 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 1996

Top 20 records on 3 June 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1996	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Cardabia, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Quelimane, MZ	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Warroora, AU	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Escuintla (Dge), MX	daily rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Hamelin Station, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Hamelin Pool, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Minilya, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Upata, VE	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Callagiddy Station, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Tucson Camp Ave Exp, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Wondinong, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Minnie Creek, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	Springer, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	W Pt, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1996	St George, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	87 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

1796 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1996. 1996 had 837 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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Data for records on 1996-06-03: 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 20	598
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1