Weather Records on 31 May 1936

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1936. Highest significance: North Lake, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1936

On 31 May 1936, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 519 daily.
North Lake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 31 May 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 31 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mooralla (Woodleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freshwater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 302, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	302
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1936

Top 20 records on 31 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1936	North Lake, US	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1936	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Inglewood (Post Office), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Telangatuk (Scholfield), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Sindkheda, IN	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Mooralla (Woodleigh), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Lake Boga, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Nullawil, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Bridgewater (Post Office), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Pyramid Hill, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Laanecoorie Weir, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Dunolly, AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Maryborough, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1936	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1936	Calivil, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	33 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1936. 1936 had 559 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 1936-05-31: 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 10	399
10 to 20	59
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1