Weather Records on 31 May 1990

900 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1990. Highest significance: Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1990

On 31 May 1990, 900 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 840 daily.
Lufkin Angelina Co AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 179.3 mm (7.1 in) on 31 May 1990.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

900 stations

900 station records on 31 May 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sierra City	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Socorro (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carazinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ozone	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinton 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alto Uruguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Migliavaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bucks Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hularin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Standish Hickey Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Kia Ora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whidbey Island NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canby 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Nova Erechim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xichang	China	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Argostoli	Greece	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sananduva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Major Zeferino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donner Mem Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Caru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

900 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 31 May 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 31 May 1990 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 53, daily 840.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

706 broken records

Margins by which the 706 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1990

Top 20 records on 31 May 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1990	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	monthly rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1990	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1990	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1990	Sierra City, US	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1990	Erick, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Passo Socorro (Pcd), BR	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Greenville, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Nevada City, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Carazinho, BR	daily rain	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Ozone, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Adin Rs, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Franklinton 3 SW, US	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Alto Uruguai, BR	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Passo Migliavaca, BR	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Bucks Creek, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Brenham, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Hularin, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1990	Mineral, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	47 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1990. 1990 had 900 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 1990-05-31: 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 20	642
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1