Weather Records on 3 June 2016

584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 2016. Highest significance: Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU.

Key Facts for 3 June 2016

On 3 June 2016, 584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
366 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 568 daily.
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave) set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 3 June 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

584 stations

584 station records on 3 June 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Minnie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leova	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gore	Ethiopia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Carlos Ciriani Santa	Peru	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bienville 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kountze	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Verde S.L.P.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frostburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antofagasta	Chile	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natrona Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shanwei	China	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moffett Fed Airfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tupelo Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston ( Aldinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yokkaichi	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

584 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 3 June 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 June 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 568.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

469 broken records

Margins by which the 469 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 2016

Top 20 records on 3 June 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 2016	Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 June 2016	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 June 2016	Minnie Downs, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 June 2016	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Gillespie, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Victoria Downs, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Plant City, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Leesville, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Gudermes, RU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Kronach, DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Schallstadt-Mengen, DE	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Leova, MD	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Alexandria Intl, EG	daily high max	41.0 C (105.8 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Chornomorske, UA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Kane 1NNE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Gore, ET	monthly high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 2016	Imperial, US	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2016. 2016 had 584 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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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	416
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1