Weather Records on 31 May 1927

121 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1927. Highest significance: Geilo, NO.

Key Facts for 31 May 1927

On 31 May 1927, 121 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 111 daily.
Geilo set a daily record snow depth of 80.0 cm (31.5 in) on 31 May 1927.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

121 stations

121 station records on 31 May 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

121 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 31 May 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 31 May 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 111.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

83 broken records

Margins by which the 83 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1927

Top 20 records on 31 May 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1927	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1927	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Beaufort Wwtp, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Weissenburg, DE	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Brinkley, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Fernandina Beach, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	1 year	16 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Bancroft, CA	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1927	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	33 years	15 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1927. 1927 had 121 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 100	82
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1