Weather Records on 31 May 1969

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1969. Highest significance: Lexington 3E, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1969

On 31 May 1969, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 543 daily.
Lexington 3E set a daily record precipitation of 110.7 mm (4.4 in) on 31 May 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

555 stations

555 station records on 31 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Interlaken	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rossarden (Aberfoyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marruas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Bella	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maracaja	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarraleah Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Healesville (Badger Crk Sanctu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honavar	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 31 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 543.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1969

Top 20 records on 31 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1969	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1969	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1969	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1969	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1969	Interlaken, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1969	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1969	Tower Hill, AU	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Armstrong (Aut), CA	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Waverly, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Lewis Hill (St Pauls River), AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Rossarden (Aberfoyle), AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Marruas, BR	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Rocky Hall Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Ringarooma (Charles Street), AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Stonehouse, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1969	Bella Bella, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	46 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1969. 1969 had 555 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 1969-05-31: 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 10	374
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	3