Weather Records on 31 May 1950

467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1950. Highest significance: Burra 1, AU.

Key Facts for 31 May 1950

On 31 May 1950, 467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 442 daily.
Burra 1 set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 31 May 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

467 stations

467 station records on 31 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Lonsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

467 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 292, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 31 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1950

Top 20 records on 31 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1950	Burra 1, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Millicent, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Lara Lake, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Yandoit (Spring Vale), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Koregaon, IN	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Mont Laurier, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Bute, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Gandai, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Menard, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Stirling, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Kanjirapally, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1950	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1950	Ashland, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1950	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	60 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1950. 1950 had 467 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	353
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1