Weather Records on 31 May 1922

49 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1922. Highest significance: Barkly West (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 31 May 1922

On 31 May 1922, 49 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 43 daily.
Barkly West (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 31 May 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

49 stations

49 station records on 31 May 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Streatham (Pretty Tower)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

49 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 20.

Records on 31 May 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

41 broken records

Margins by which the 41 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1922

Top 20 records on 31 May 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1922	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1922	Armagh, GB	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1922	New Westminster, CA	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Aberdeen, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Portland Rfc City, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	St Albans, CA	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	0 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	8 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1922	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)

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

1811 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1922. 1922 had 49 records.

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

Records on 05-31 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1818	3
1827	1
1836	2
1845	1
1847	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1864	2
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	4
1869	1
1871	2
1873	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	8
1897	5
1898	7
1899	1
1900	2
1901	9
1902	9
1903	17
1904	19
1905	7
1906	11
1907	20
1908	12
1909	8
1910	26
1911	20
1912	15
1913	83
1914	20
1915	23
1916	23
1917	13
1918	20
1919	44
1920	46
1921	157
1922	49
1923	98
1924	152
1925	226
1926	228
1927	121
1928	67
1929	246
1930	612
1931	223
1932	181
1933	397
1934	782
1935	156
1936	559
1937	462
1938	424
1939	461
1940	383
1941	410
1942	364
1943	552
1944	372
1945	457
1946	380
1947	439
1948	295
1949	303
1950	467
1951	640
1952	374
1953	654
1954	445
1955	534
1956	632
1957	304
1958	429
1959	459
1960	247
1961	472
1962	565
1963	354
1964	1,237
1965	494
1966	601
1967	987
1968	276
1969	555
1970	573
1971	714
1972	1,127
1973	418
1974	473
1975	797
1976	435
1977	605
1978	873
1979	915
1980	517
1981	775
1982	817
1983	1,494
1984	2,047
1985	790
1986	1,365
1987	822
1988	1,255
1989	912
1990	900
1991	1,381
1992	1,031
1993	982
1994	776
1995	693
1996	946
1997	1,163
1998	1,215
1999	790
2000	1,172
2001	1,047
2002	1,162
2003	831
2004	1,071
2005	724
2006	1,045
2007	793
2008	809
2009	570
2010	741
2011	1,498
2012	764
2013	1,100
2014	565
2015	704
2016	402
2017	440
2018	1,211
2019	420
2020	673
2021	834
2022	902
2023	454
2024	809
2025	1,204
2026	536

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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 5	35
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	0
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1