Weather Records on 31 May 2019

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 2019. Highest significance: Lake Maloya, US.

Key Facts for 31 May 2019

On 31 May 2019, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
260 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 379 daily.
Lake Maloya set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 31 May 2019.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 31 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kornesty	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Satus Pass 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo Obsy	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asturias/Aviles	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bound Brook 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hacker Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moundsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandersville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Auke Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elista	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pelican	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Husnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leksvik - Myran	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Hospital	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 31 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 31 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 41, daily 379.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 2019

Top 20 records on 31 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 2019	Lake Maloya, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2019	Wilson 3 SW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Montgomery L&D, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Kornesty, MD	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Durham, GB	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	123 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Arcadia, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Summerville 4W, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	127 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Wallowa, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Lumberton, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Tifton, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Mosquito Creek Lake, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Satus Pass 2 SSW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2019	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	37 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2019. 2019 had 420 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 2019-05-31: 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 100	297
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1