Weather Records on 12 May 1929

172 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1929. Highest significance: Osijek, HR.

Key Facts for 12 May 1929

On 12 May 1929, 172 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 169 daily.
Osijek set a daily record precipitation of 48.2 mm (1.9 in) on 12 May 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

172 stations

172 station records on 12 May 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parks Spring Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pimlico	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

172 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 113.

Records on 12 May 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

141 broken records

Margins by which the 141 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1929

Top 20 records on 12 May 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1929	Osijek, HR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1929	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1929	Anderson, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1929	Lawrence, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1929	Parks Spring Rch, US	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1929	Columbus, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1929	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1929	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Kiama Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Rogers, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Gravette, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Espanola, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Brunswick, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Appleton City, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1929	Fulton, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	26 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

1814 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1929. 1929 had 172 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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 10	81
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1