Weather Records on 31 May 2005

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 2005. Highest significance: Antalya, TR.

Key Facts for 31 May 2005

On 31 May 2005, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
320 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 677 daily.
Antalya set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.4 mm (2.9 in) on 31 May 2005.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

724 stations

724 station records on 31 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Antalya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vileyka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mugla	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lohja Porla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salo Suomusjarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thomaston 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porvoo Bengtsby	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chaoyang	China	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Siippoo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosamorada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kantunilkin	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mogilev	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Peyotan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 46, daily 677.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

560 broken records

Margins by which the 560 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 2005

Top 20 records on 31 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 2005	Antalya, TR	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2005	Katsuura, JP	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2005	Columbus Metro AP, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Zajsan, KZ	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Vileyka, BY	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Mugla, TR	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Newman, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Miyakejima, JP	daily rain	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Odesa, UA	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Lohja Porla, FI	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Wallace 2W, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Salo Suomusjarvi, FI	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa, FI	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Arcadia, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Covington, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Dillon, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Thomaston 4SE, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2005	Lawrence, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	105 years	41 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2005. 2005 had 724 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 2005-05-31: 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	539
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2