Weather Records on 19 May 1931

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1931. Highest significance: Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA.

Key Facts for 19 May 1931

On 19 May 1931, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 257 daily.
Winnipeg St Johns Coll set a monthly record daily snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 19 May 1931.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

268 stations

268 station records on 19 May 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 May 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 May 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 257.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

220 broken records

Margins by which the 220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 196.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1931

Top 20 records on 19 May 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1931	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1931	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1931	Minonk, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1931	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1931	Joliet, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1931	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1931	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1931	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1931	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Morden, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	San Jose, US	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Morrison, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Los Gatos, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Lake Moraine, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Lucknow, CA	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Lodgepole, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1931	Griggsville, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	26 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

1798 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1931. 1931 had 268 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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 25	202
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1