Weather Records on 2 June 1997

821 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1997. Highest significance: Aksa, RU.

Key Facts for 2 June 1997

On 2 June 1997, 821 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
328 were record highs and 304 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 763 daily.
Aksa set an all-time record daily precipitation of 172.0 mm (6.8 in) on 2 June 1997.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

821 stations

821 station records on 2 June 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frolovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hechi	China	Record daily precipitation	159.6 mm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record snow depth	106.0 cm (41.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Martin U of T Branch Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maradi	Niger	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

821 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 190, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 2 June 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	190
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 2 June 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 56, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 530.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1997

Top 20 records on 2 June 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1997	Aksa, RU	all-time rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1997	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	114 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1997	Saint Leo, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1997	Buena Vista, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1997	La Belle, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Upper Tract, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Imperial, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Marysville, US	all-time rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Ripley, US	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Union City, US	monthly low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Ajaccio, FR	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Frolovo, RU	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Covington, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Storsteinnes I Balsfjord, NO	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Hechi, CN	daily rain	159.6 mm (6.3 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1997	Milpa Alta, MX	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 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

1793 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 821 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 1997-06-02: 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 100	591
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2