Weather Records on 31 May 1935

156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1935. Highest significance: Sabinal, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1935

On 31 May 1935, 156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 148 daily.
Sabinal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 195.6 mm (7.7 in) on 31 May 1935.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

156 stations

156 station records on 31 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

156 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 83.

Records on 31 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

127 broken records

Margins by which the 127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1935

Top 20 records on 31 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1935	Sabinal, US	monthly rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1935	Siliguri, IN	monthly rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1935	Gothenburg, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Hondo, US	all-time rain	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Imperial, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Hailey 3 NNW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Curtis, US	all-time rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Kerrville, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Wauneta, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1935	Fullerton, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1935	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1935	Niulii 179, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1935	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1935	Barkerville, CA	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1935	Wheatland 4N, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1935	Bahera, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1935	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	38 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

1811 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1935. 1935 had 156 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 20	114
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1