Weather Records on 31 May 2000

1,172 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 2000. Highest significance: Lansing, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 2000

On 31 May 2000, 1,172 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
571 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 113 monthly and 1,058 daily.
Lansing set a daily record precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 31 May 2000.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,172 stations

1,172 station records on 31 May 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dzankoj	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Jacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miravalles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meacham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa del Marques	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Tutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Usila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 20 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Castillos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Platanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,172 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 297, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 274, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 31 May 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	297
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	274
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 31 May 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 113, daily 1,058.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

894 broken records

Margins by which the 894 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 2000

Top 20 records on 31 May 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 2000	Lansing, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2000	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2000	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	93 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2000	Ust-Ozernoe, RU	monthly rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2000	Iowa City, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2000	Keithsburg, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2000	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2000	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Waukon 3NNE, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Choteau, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Dzankoj, UA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Tecolotlan (Dge), MX	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Santa Maria Jacatepec, MX	monthly rain	207.5 mm (8.2 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	New Boston Dam 17, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	105 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Lacrosse, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Miravalles, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2000	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	53 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2000. 2000 had 1,172 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 2000-05-31: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	832
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1