Weather Records on 5 June 2002

1,281 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 2002. Highest significance: Kiev, UA.

Key Facts for 5 June 2002

On 5 June 2002, 1,281 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
714 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,248 daily.
Kiev set a daily record precipitation of 81.8 mm (3.2 in) on 5 June 2002.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,281 stations

1,281 station records on 5 June 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Junee Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevue Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto de la Concepcion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concepcion de la Norma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Essex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Caledonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Villalba 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fanshawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Solferino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mininer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ardurad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaltennordheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caada Honda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gruidora	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guayabal	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arellano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,281 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 307, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 407, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 406.

Records on 5 June 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	307
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	407
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	406
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 1,248.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

974 broken records

Margins by which the 974 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 2002

Top 20 records on 5 June 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 2002	Kiev, UA	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 June 2002	Byfield Childs Road, AU	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 June 2002	Junee Station, AU	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 June 2002	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	106 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 June 2002	Port Hedland Airport, AU	monthly rain	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Mundabullangana, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Zyrjanka, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Presa Plutarco Elias Calles, MX	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Asheville, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Bluff Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Uccle, BE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Charlevue Homestead, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Waverly, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Puerto de la Concepcion, MX	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Healdsburg, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Independence, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 2002	Tlacotepec, MX	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 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

1804 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2002. 2002 had 1,281 records.

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

Records on 06-05 in each year
Year	Records
1804	2
1805	1
1810	2
1822	1
1837	1
1843	1
1846	2
1849	2
1854	1
1857	2
1861	1
1866	1
1870	1
1871	6
1874	2
1877	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	9
1900	4
1901	8
1902	2
1903	7
1904	10
1905	8
1906	12
1907	15
1908	32
1909	13
1910	42
1911	18
1912	26
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	38
1917	132
1918	53
1919	86
1920	97
1921	138
1922	100
1923	577
1924	121
1925	442
1926	349
1927	268
1928	352
1929	383
1930	187
1931	229
1932	167
1933	586
1934	420
1935	426
1936	271
1937	424
1938	265
1939	364
1940	198
1941	288
1942	202
1943	589
1944	423
1945	1,215
1946	656
1947	486
1948	460
1949	369
1950	413
1951	532
1952	519
1953	319
1954	723
1955	249
1956	656
1957	600
1958	433
1959	401
1960	329
1961	475
1962	556
1963	577
1964	518
1965	365
1966	622
1967	584
1968	779
1969	924
1970	607
1971	502
1972	552
1973	549
1974	611
1975	553
1976	564
1977	1,171
1978	607
1979	722
1980	687
1981	907
1982	1,487
1983	846
1984	857
1985	1,339
1986	873
1987	859
1988	1,969
1989	1,001
1990	1,187
1991	921
1992	889
1993	1,616
1994	697
1995	809
1996	776
1997	1,229
1998	2,556
1999	1,266
2000	1,280
2001	1,021
2002	1,281
2003	1,159
2004	973
2005	882
2006	975
2007	680
2008	1,575
2009	920
2010	1,164
2011	913
2012	867
2013	465
2014	614
2015	719
2016	1,385
2017	440
2018	455
2019	632
2020	932
2021	1,206
2022	681
2023	509
2024	712
2025	507
2026	382

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Data for records on 2002-06-05: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 June 2002
Margin	Records
0 to 20	880
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1