Weather Records on 31 May 1937

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1937. Highest significance: Clayton Muni Air Pk, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1937

On 31 May 1937, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 410 daily.
Clayton Muni Air Pk set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 31 May 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 31 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 31 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 51, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1937

Top 20 records on 31 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1937	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Savanne, CA	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Sydney, CA	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Calvin, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Mount McIntyre, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Quebec, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	San Marcos, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Miller, US	all-time rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Portland, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1937	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1937	Portland, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1937	Patacharkuchi, IN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1937	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1937	Bathurst, CA	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1937	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	59 years	30 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1937. 1937 had 462 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 1937-05-31: 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	330
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3