Weather Records on 4 June 2002

1,217 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 2002. Highest significance: Mt Carroll, US.

Key Facts for 4 June 2002

On 4 June 2002, 1,217 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
603 were record highs and 252 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,148 daily.
Mt Carroll set an all-time record daily precipitation of 176.8 mm (7.0 in) on 4 June 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,217 stations

1,217 station records on 4 June 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 June 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Exmouth Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	304.6 mm (12.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Watalgan Winfield Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dubuque Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yantumara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bullyard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Sugar Res STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Geneva Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.4 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Maasoja	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barrington 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Platteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,217 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 256, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 347, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 362.

Records on 4 June 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	256
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	347
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	362
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 2002 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 63, daily 1,148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

920 broken records

Margins by which the 920 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 2002

Top 20 records on 4 June 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 2002	Mt Carroll, US	all-time rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	90 years	92 of 100 (Exceptional)
4 June 2002	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
4 June 2002	Elgin Water, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 June 2002	Galena, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 June 2002	Exmouth Town, AU	all-time rain	304.6 mm (12.0 in)	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	31 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 June 2002	Baralaba Post Office, AU	monthly rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 June 2002	Cordalba Store, AU	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 June 2002	Watalgan Winfield Rd, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 June 2002	Morrison, US	monthly rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 June 2002	Dubuque Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Yantumara, AU	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Booyal Central State School, AU	monthly rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Bullyard, AU	monthly rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Dewitt, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Bundaberg Sugar Res STN, AU	monthly rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Guttenberg L&D 10, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Lake Geneva Wwtp, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 2002	Monroe Wwtp, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	53 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2002. 2002 had 1,217 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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Data for records on 2002-06-04: 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	836
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2