Weather Records on 31 May 2022

902 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 2022. Highest significance: Nogliki, RU.

Key Facts for 31 May 2022

On 31 May 2022, 902 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
314 were record highs and 322 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 855 daily.
Nogliki set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.1 mm (4.0 in) on 31 May 2022.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

902 stations

902 station records on 31 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bates Creek #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nulkwyne Kiamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Story	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kanopolis Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rhynie (Salters Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sharpe Prj	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waubay Natl Wild Life	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lillhamra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston (Willow Ponds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fagelsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoglekardalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

902 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 194, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 31 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	194
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 31 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 45, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 2022

Top 20 records on 31 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 2022	Nogliki, RU	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2022	Spirit Lake, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2022	Bates Creek #2, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2022	Abilene, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	123 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Nulkwyne Kiamal, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Mather 3 NW, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	111 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Story, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	S Bend AP, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	126 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Kamiah, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Kanopolis Lake, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Manhattan, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	125 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Mc Farland, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	125 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Pavillion, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Rhynie (Salters Springs), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Lake Sharpe Prj, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Waubay Natl Wild Life, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Glenns Ferry, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2022	Wheaton, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	46 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2022. 2022 had 902 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 2022-05-31: 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	632
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1