Weather Records on 31 May 1996

946 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 1996. Highest significance: Rosalia, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 1996

On 31 May 1996, 946 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
441 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 899 daily.
Rosalia set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 31 May 1996.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

946 stations

946 station records on 31 May 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hords Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
General Cepeda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pandale 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Breakell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulyee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tulun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boquillas Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shimojishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	213.0 mm (8.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arneiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Hurtado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perelyub	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matador	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rising Star 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotel'nic	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ejido de Llano Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaina	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gackle	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

946 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 199, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 31 May 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	199
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 31 May 1996 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 44, daily 899.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

725 broken records

Margins by which the 725 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 1996

Top 20 records on 31 May 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 1996	Rosalia, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1996	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 May 1996	Lamar 3 SSE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Hords Creek Dam, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	General Cepeda, MX	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Pandale 1 N, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Holyoke, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Breakell, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	The Granites, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Ardath, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Bulyee, AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Nizhneudinsk, RU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Conroe, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Escanaba, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Atotonilco El Alto, MX	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Tulun, RU	monthly rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Palisade, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Weatherford, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 1996	Oconto 4 W, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	98 years	42 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1996. 1996 had 946 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1996-05-31: 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	643
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1