Weather Records on 31 May 1960

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1960. Highest significance: Lunner, NO.

Key Facts for 31 May 1960

On 31 May 1960, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 242 daily.
Lunner set a daily record precipitation of 26.1 mm (1.0 in) on 31 May 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 31 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Middlewater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crownpoint	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schmidtsdrif	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarks Siding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kranshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 119.

Records on 31 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 32.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1960

Top 20 records on 31 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1960	Lunner, NO	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1960	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1960	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	21.0 C (69.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1960	Macaiba, BR	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1960	Eidsvoll Verk, NO	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1960	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1960	Brockville, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1960	Morrisburg, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Niagara Falls, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Konnongorring, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Tularosa, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Homestead Exp STN, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Roxbury, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Effingham, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Howard, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Port Alice, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1960	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	26 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1960. 1960 had 247 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 5	143
5 to 10	28
10 to 15	11
15 to 20	8
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1