Weather Records on 31 May 2014

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 May 2014. Highest significance: Manna Hill, AU.

Key Facts for 31 May 2014

On 31 May 2014, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
325 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 504 daily.
Manna Hill set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 31 May 2014.
Across 161 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 31 May 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 May 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mission 14 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Narrina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Yednalue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Iasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murdinga (Mungala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Moody Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Yalpara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oodla Wirra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hague	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Moolooloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parachilna (Motpena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tongliao	China	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parachilna (Nilpena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oodla Wirra (McCoys Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebud	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alps	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Angorichina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sulina	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hibbing Chisholm Hibbing AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yumenzhen	China	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harbin	China	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunhuang	China	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jiuquan	China	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harbin	China	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 31 May 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 31 May 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 May 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 59, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 May 2014

Top 20 records on 31 May 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 May 2014	Manna Hill, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	124 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2014	Belton (Shadow Vale), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	124 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2014	Blinman (Wirrealpa), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2014	Carrieton (Eurelia), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	124 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2014	Mission 14 S, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 May 2014	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	124 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Greenville, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	112 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Blinman (Narrina), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Cradock (Yednalue), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Koonamore, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	124 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Iasi, RO	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Murdinga (Mungala), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Butler (Moody Vale), AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	124 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Yunta (Paratoo), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Yea, AU	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Bengbu, CN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 May 2014	Orroroo (Yalpara), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	33 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2014. 2014 had 565 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 2014-05-31: 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	455
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1