Weather Records on 31 May 1954

445 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1954. Highest significance: Waupaca, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1954

On 31 May 1954, 445 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 434 daily.
Waupaca set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 31 May 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

445 stations

445 station records on 31 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Forquilha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cornucopia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Simlapal	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.6 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pedra Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caio Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katra	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatna	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

445 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 284.

Records on 31 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 434.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1954

Top 20 records on 31 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1954	Waupaca, US	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1954	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Boras, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	White Lake, US	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Appleton, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Turbine, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Storm Lake, US	all-time rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Ft Wayne Maumee, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Coddington 1 E, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Acude Forquilha, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Cornucopia, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Simlapal, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Taua, BR	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Saltora, IN	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Green Bay, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Pombal, BR	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	126.6 mm (5.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1954	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	36 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1954. 1954 had 445 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).