Weather Records on 31 May 1956

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1956. Highest significance: Risod, IN.

Key Facts for 31 May 1956

On 31 May 1956, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 557 daily.
Risod set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.3 mm (3.3 in) on 31 May 1956.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

632 stations

632 station records on 31 May 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Risod	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kalsia	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Broach	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bisalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jambughoda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pachet(Kharai)	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suvasaratappa	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saranga	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 31 May 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1956 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 73, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1956

Top 20 records on 31 May 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1956	Risod, IN	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1956	Kalsia, IN	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1956	Burhanpur Sr, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Nainital, IN	monthly rain	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	14 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Katbari, IN	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Taloda, IN	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Nandurbar, IN	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Narsinghpur, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Broach, IN	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Shahada, IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Pachora, IN	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Kukrahati, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Winchester, AU	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Ilav, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Kharagpur India Aab, IN	monthly rain	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Kolaras, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Fremont 5 NW, US	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1956	Jalgaon, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	51 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1956. 1956 had 632 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 1956-05-31: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	441
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3