Weather Records on 31 May 1959

459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1959. Highest significance: Paradis 7 S, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1959

On 31 May 1959, 459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 432 daily.
Paradis 7 S set an all-time record daily precipitation of 304.8 mm (12.0 in) on 31 May 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

459 stations

459 station records on 31 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dudhi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hasanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	288.3 mm (11.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atru	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ghairatganj	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dayanathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anupshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kotdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillriver Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barerakalan	India	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bilari	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

459 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 341.

Records on 31 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 432.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1959

Top 20 records on 31 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1959	Paradis 7 S, US	all-time rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1959	Mangrol, IN	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1959	Kishanganj, IN	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1959	Dholpur, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1959	Baran, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Dudhi, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Jalaun, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Jabera, IN	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Rajakhera, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Canton, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Hasanpur, IN	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	St Peter, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Athens, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Houma, US	all-time rain	288.3 mm (11.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Albemarle, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Atru, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1959	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	49 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1959. 1959 had 459 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	251
10 to 20	92
20 to 30	33
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2