Weather Records on 31 May 2012

764 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 2012. Highest significance: Cape Leeuwin, AU.

Key Facts for 31 May 2012

On 31 May 2012, 764 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
380 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 735 daily.
Cape Leeuwin set a daily record precipitation of 67.2 mm (2.6 in) on 31 May 2012.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

764 stations

764 station records on 31 May 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Luchow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mariestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenzen/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzalinda-1	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Veliki Dolenci	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maine-Soroa	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lucky Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brekke Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Janov Stan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oasis Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walpole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saskylah	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aguila	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

764 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 262, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 May 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	262
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 May 2012 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

564 broken records

Margins by which the 564 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 2012

Top 20 records on 31 May 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 2012	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Luchow, DE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	105 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Worpswede-Huttenbusch, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Wessington Springs, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	114 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Brocken, DE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	110 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Lincoln, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Bayboro 3 SW, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Mariestad, SE	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Charlevoix, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Rantoul, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Lenzen/Elbe, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Madrid - Retiro, ES	monthly high max	34.3 C (93.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high max	46.7 C (116.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Indio Fire STN, US	daily high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Charles City, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2012	Long Prairie, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2012. 2012 had 764 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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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	563
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1