Weather Records on 31 May 1961

472 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1961. Highest significance: Big Sandy, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1961

On 31 May 1961, 472 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 278 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 465 daily.
Big Sandy set an all-time record daily precipitation of 150.1 mm (5.9 in) on 31 May 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

472 stations

472 station records on 31 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Sandy	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ukmerge	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manteo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holualoa Beach 68	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Farnham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

472 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 465.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1961

Top 20 records on 31 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1961	Big Sandy, US	all-time rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1961	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1961	Hickman, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1961	Quinter, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1961	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1961	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	11.4 C (52.5 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1961	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1961	Huntingdon, CA	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Montreal McGill, CA	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Ukmerge, LT	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Pocomoke City, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Enisejsk, RU	daily low max	5.2 C (41.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Denton, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Cornwall, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Brome, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily low max	10.4 C (50.7 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Durham, GB	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 May 1961	Grafton, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	31 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1961. 1961 had 472 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 1961-05-31: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	375
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1