Weather Records on 29 May 1916

27 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1916. Highest significance: Cottam, CA.

Key Facts for 29 May 1916

On 29 May 1916, 27 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 26 daily.
Cottam set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 29 May 1916.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

27 stations

27 station records on 29 May 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

27 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1916 by type: Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 14.

Records on 29 May 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	14
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 26.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

22 broken records

Margins by which the 22 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1916

Top 20 records on 29 May 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1916	Cottam, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1916	Toronto, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Chatham 2, CA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Uman, UA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	monthly low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.8 C (80.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	43 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low max	14.1 C (57.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Hvar, HR	daily low min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Paterson, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	12 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	London South, CA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Hvar, HR	daily low max	19.1 C (66.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	16 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Philadelphia City, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	13 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	11 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1916	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	10 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1916. 1916 had 27 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-29 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1817	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1836	2
1844	1
1847	2
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1860	2
1862	1
1864	2
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1875	1
1876	1
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	5
1893	5
1894	4
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	6
1900	2
1901	13
1902	14
1903	5
1904	3
1905	7
1906	23
1907	16
1908	26
1909	6
1910	14
1911	26
1912	32
1913	24
1914	40
1915	17
1916	27
1917	43
1918	38
1919	92
1920	33
1921	170
1922	62
1923	103
1924	137
1925	84
1926	155
1927	290
1928	104
1929	331
1930	252
1931	429
1932	228
1933	346
1934	753
1935	114
1936	420
1937	311
1938	316
1939	309
1940	156
1941	629
1942	531
1943	246
1944	258
1945	326
1946	281
1947	1,298
1948	420
1949	347
1950	359
1951	493
1952	413
1953	501
1954	269
1955	454
1956	512
1957	251
1958	455
1959	352
1960	259
1961	608
1962	894
1963	378
1964	537
1965	455
1966	357
1967	562
1968	579
1969	762
1970	410
1971	885
1972	609
1973	517
1974	623
1975	599
1976	975
1977	458
1978	707
1979	750
1980	920
1981	601
1982	1,170
1983	1,266
1984	1,871
1985	1,006
1986	840
1987	1,119
1988	1,132
1989	874
1990	1,135
1991	1,387
1992	1,551
1993	558
1994	658
1995	929
1996	1,177
1997	1,119
1998	1,228
1999	863
2000	1,354
2001	958
2002	594
2003	1,164
2004	835
2005	904
2006	1,438
2007	1,246
2008	784
2009	618
2010	995
2011	1,540
2012	962
2013	731
2014	605
2015	462
2016	511
2017	732
2018	1,386
2019	929
2020	937
2021	854
2022	698
2023	392
2024	618
2025	578
2026	788

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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 5	14
5 to 10	4
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1