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Weather Records on 29 May 1881

2 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1881. Highest significance: Royal Observatory, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 May 1881

  • On 29 May 1881, 2 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 1 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 2 daily.
  • Royal Observatory set a daily record precipitation of 24.4 mm (1.0 in) on 29 May 1881.
  • Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

2 stations
Weather records on 29 May 1881 2 station records on 29 May 1881 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
2 station records on 29 May 1881 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 29 May 1881: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
Royal ObservatorySouth AfricaRecord daily precipitation24.4 mm (1.0 in)8 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl APUnited StatesRecord high minimum temperature18.9 C (66.0 F)1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2 records
Records on 29 May 1881 by type Records set or tied on 29 May 1881 by type: Highest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 1. 00111Highest daily maximum: 0Lowest daily maximum: 0Highest daily minimum: 1Lowest daily minimum: 0Heaviest daily rainfall: 1Heaviest daily snowfall: 0Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 29 May 1881 by type: Highest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 1.
Records on 29 May 1881 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum0
Lowest daily maximum0
Highest daily minimum1
Lowest daily minimum0
Heaviest daily rainfall1
Heaviest daily snowfall0
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 29 May 1881 by timescale Records on 29 May 1881 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 2. 01122all-time: 0monthly: 0daily: 2all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 29 May 1881 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 2.
Records on 29 May 1881 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly0
daily2

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1 broken records
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 May 1881 Margins by which the 1 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2.0. Ties are not counted. 001110.0 to 0.3: 00.3 to 0.5: 00.5 to 0.8: 00.8 to 1.0: 01.0 to 1.3: 01.3 to 1.5: 01.5 to 1.8: 01.8 to 2.0: 10.0 to 0.30.3 to 0.50.5 to 0.80.8 to 1.01.0 to 1.31.3 to 1.51.5 to 1.81.8 to 2.0
Margins by which the 1 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 May 1881
MarginRecords
0.0 to 0.30
0.3 to 0.50
0.5 to 0.80
0.8 to 1.00
1.0 to 1.30
1.3 to 1.50
1.5 to 1.80
1.8 to 2.01

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1881
Top 2 records on 29 May 1881 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
29 May 1881Royal Observatory, ZAdaily rain24.4 mm (1.0 in)2.0 mm (0.08 in)14 years8 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1881Newark Liberty Intl AP, USdaily high min (Tie)18.9 C (66.0 F)tie4 years1 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1881
Records on 05-29 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1881. 1881 had 2 records. 05001,0001,5002,0001794: 11817: 11818: 11832: 11834: 11836: 21844: 11847: 21852: 11854: 11858: 11860: 21862: 11864: 21865: 31867: 11868: 11869: 21870: 11871: 21875: 11876: 11881: 21882: 31883: 11884: 31885: 11886: 11887: 11888: 31889: 31890: 11891: 11892: 51893: 51894: 41895: 11896: 11897: 31898: 31899: 61900: 21901: 131902: 141903: 51904: 31905: 71906: 231907: 161908: 261909: 61910: 141911: 261912: 321913: 241914: 401915: 171916: 271917: 431918: 381919: 921920: 331921: 1701922: 621923: 1031924: 1371925: 841926: 1551927: 2901928: 1041929: 3311930: 2521931: 4291932: 2281933: 3461934: 7531935: 1141936: 4201937: 3111938: 3161939: 3091940: 1561941: 6291942: 5311943: 2461944: 2581945: 3261946: 2811947: 1,2981948: 4201949: 3471950: 3591951: 4931952: 4131953: 5011954: 2691955: 4541956: 5121957: 2511958: 4551959: 3521960: 2591961: 6081962: 8941963: 3781964: 5371965: 4551966: 3571967: 5621968: 5791969: 7621970: 4101971: 8851972: 6091973: 5171974: 6231975: 5991976: 9751977: 4581978: 7071979: 7501980: 9201981: 6011982: 1,1701983: 1,2661984: 1,8711985: 1,0061986: 8401987: 1,1191988: 1,1321989: 8741990: 1,1351991: 1,3871992: 1,5511993: 5581994: 6581995: 9291996: 1,1771997: 1,1191998: 1,2281999: 8632000: 1,3542001: 9582002: 5942003: 1,1642004: 8352005: 9042006: 1,4382007: 1,2462008: 7842009: 6182010: 9952011: 1,5402012: 9622013: 7312014: 6052015: 4622016: 5112017: 7322018: 1,3792019: 9182020: 9322021: 8532022: 6962023: 3912024: 6182025: 5791794186918931910192719441961197819952012
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1881. 1881 had 2 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 05-29 in each year
YearRecords
17941
18171
18181
18321
18341
18362
18441
18472
18521
18541
18581
18602
18621
18642
18653
18671
18681
18692
18701
18712
18751
18761
18812
18823
18831
18843
18851
18861
18871
18883
18893
18901
18911
18925
18935
18944
18951
18961
18973
18983
18996
19002
190113
190214
19035
19043
19057
190623
190716
190826
19096
191014
191126
191232
191324
191440
191517
191627
191743
191838
191992
192033
1921170
192262
1923103
1924137
192584
1926155
1927290
1928104
1929331
1930252
1931429
1932228
1933346
1934753
1935114
1936420
1937311
1938316
1939309
1940156
1941629
1942531
1943246
1944258
1945326
1946281
19471,298
1948420
1949347
1950359
1951493
1952413
1953501
1954269
1955454
1956512
1957251
1958455
1959352
1960259
1961608
1962894
1963378
1964537
1965455
1966357
1967562
1968579
1969762
1970410
1971885
1972609
1973517
1974623
1975599
1976975
1977458
1978707
1979750
1980920
1981601
19821,170
19831,266
19841,871
19851,006
1986840
19871,119
19881,132
1989874
19901,135
19911,387
19921,551
1993558
1994658
1995929
19961,177
19971,119
19981,228
1999863
20001,354
2001958
2002594
20031,164
2004835
2005904
20061,438
20071,246
2008784
2009618
2010995
20111,540
2012962
2013731
2014605
2015462
2016511
2017732
20181,379
2019918
2020932
2021853
2022696
2023391
2024618
2025579

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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 2026-10-18 (18 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).