Weather Records on 28 May 1929

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 1929. Highest significance: Blanco, US.

Key Facts for 28 May 1929

On 28 May 1929, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 334 daily.
Blanco set a monthly record daily precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 28 May 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 28 May 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 86.

Records on 28 May 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 1929

Top 20 records on 28 May 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 1929	Blanco, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Fischers Store, US	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Temple, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Canton, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Austin, US	monthly rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Arcadia, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Casey, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Menno, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Larimore 4SW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Rock Rapids, US	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 1929	Lexington, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1929	Norfolk, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1929	Colby, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1929	Lycippus 1 E, US	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1929	Flandreau, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1929	Svenska Hogarna, SE	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1929	Pocahontas 1, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 May 1929	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	27 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 355 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

Download the Data

Data for records on 1929-05-28: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	230
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2