Weather Records on 2 June 1988

895 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 June 1988. Highest significance: Uruapan (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 2 June 1988

On 2 June 1988, 895 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 863 daily.
Uruapan (Smn) set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 25.0 C (77.0 F) on 2 June 1988.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

895 stations

895 station records on 2 June 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 June 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	68 of 100 (Major)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nigniy_Studeniy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkrakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calingiri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ely Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake King	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Briceni	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goomalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindong	China	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gondar	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yaremcha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ygnattering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Farmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarockin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yealering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Casuarina Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canaan Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Launiupoko Intake 376	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tsurugisan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Isabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yere Yere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

895 records

Records set or tied on 2 June 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 259, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 2 June 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	259
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 June 1988 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 863.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 June 1988

Top 20 records on 2 June 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 June 1988	Uruapan (Smn), MX	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1988	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 June 1988	Nigniy_Studeniy, UA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Barberton, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Wongan Hills, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Yorkrakine, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Oita, JP	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Nagasaki, JP	daily rain	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	138.1 mm (5.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Tokushima, JP	daily rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	152.6 mm (6.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Shepetivka, UA	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Aleppo, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Ternopil, UA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Tsuyama, JP	daily rain	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Calingiri, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Ely Park, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Lake Yellowstone, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Walebing, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Yathroo, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Newdegate Research Station, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 June 1988	Lake King, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	42 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 895 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 1988-06-02: 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 20	638
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1