Weather Records on 31 May 1933

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1933. Highest significance: Rokewood (the Meadows), AU.

Key Facts for 31 May 1933

On 31 May 1933, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 378 daily.
Rokewood (the Meadows) set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 31 May 1933.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 31 May 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 261.

Records on 31 May 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1933

Top 20 records on 31 May 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1933	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Meredith, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Shelford, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Rajapur, IN	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Darwha, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Ramnagar Sr, IN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Colac (Shire Office), AU	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Belthangady, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Tenkasi, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Cheraw, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Enfield, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Bironkhol, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Bannockburn, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Maytown, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1933	Eastport, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 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

1811 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1933. 1933 had 397 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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Data for records on 1933-05-31: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	298
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1