Weather Records on 31 May 1988

1,255 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1988. Highest significance: Stockholm, SE.

Key Facts for 31 May 1988

On 31 May 1988, 1,255 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
546 were record highs and 422 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 91 monthly and 1,162 daily.
Stockholm set a daily record precipitation of 44.9 mm (1.8 in) on 31 May 1988.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,255 stations

1,255 station records on 31 May 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stonington	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm-Bromma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jever	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Polebridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Satra_Gard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darrouzett	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Finnbacka_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ak-Terk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Samary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,255 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 314, Lowest daily maximum 181, Highest daily minimum 232, Lowest daily minimum 241, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 31 May 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	314
Lowest daily maximum	181
Highest daily minimum	232
Lowest daily minimum	241
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 31 May 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 91, daily 1,162.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

956 broken records

Margins by which the 956 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1988

Top 20 records on 31 May 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1988	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1988	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1988	Stonington, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Whitefish, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Stockholm-Bromma, SE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Anahuac, MX	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Jever, DE	monthly rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Warren, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Mingo 6E, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Standish 4NE, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Polebridge, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Regnier, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Gage AP, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Pbo Anantapur, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Holly, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Bugt, CN	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Satra_Gard, SE	monthly rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Clovis, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1988	Borger, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	45 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1988. 1988 had 1,255 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 1988-05-31: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 31 May 1988
Margin	Records
0 to 20	916
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1