Weather Records on 31 May 1992

1,031 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1992. Highest significance: Irapuato, MX.

Key Facts for 31 May 1992

On 31 May 1992, 1,031 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 371 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 983 daily.
Irapuato set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 31 May 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,031 stations

1,031 station records on 31 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Vlamingh Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Praia Grande (Parana)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda de Arriba	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morretes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Azul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cashmere Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta Grossa-Vila Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saratoga Springs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shokan Brown Station	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strausstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madura Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Victoria (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,031 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 294, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 31 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	294
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 47, daily 983.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

837 broken records

Margins by which the 837 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1992

Top 20 records on 31 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1992	Irapuato, MX	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1992	Griffiss AFB, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1992	Bulong, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1992	Vlamingh Head, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1992	Ocampo, MX	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1992	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1992	Sherburne, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Praia Grande (Parana), BR	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Santa Rita, MX	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Norwich, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Hacienda de Arriba, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Le Bourget, FR	monthly rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Corpus Christi NAS, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Ticuman, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Temple, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge), MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Rio Grande City, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1992	Morretes, BR	daily rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	9 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1992. 1992 had 1,031 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 1992-05-31: 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	770
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1