Weather Records on 2 June 1963

407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1963. Highest significance: Humboldt 3 W, US.

Key Facts for 2 June 1963

On 2 June 1963, 407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 397 daily.
Humboldt 3 W set an all-time record daily precipitation of 195.6 mm (7.7 in) on 2 June 1963.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

407 stations

407 station records on 2 June 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE (Keilira Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Devenish	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tammin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doodarding Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Obar	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boodjerakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

407 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 275.

Records on 2 June 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1963 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1963

Top 20 records on 2 June 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1963	Humboldt 3 W, US	all-time rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 June 1963	Curtis, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Kingston SE (Keilira Station), AU	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Hartington, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Clovis, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Puckapunyal, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Catus, FR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Doongin Peak, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	De Grey, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Devenish, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Hereford, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Gadag, IN	monthly rain	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Langley AFB, US	all-time rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Roy Hill, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Echuca Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Tammin, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1963	Bridgewater (Post Office), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 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

1793 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1963. 1963 had 407 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 1963-06-02: 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 10	270
10 to 20	52
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1