Weather Records on 29 May 1935

114 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1935. Highest significance: Grand Rapids Sutron, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1935

On 29 May 1935, 114 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 109 daily.
Grand Rapids Sutron set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 29 May 1935.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

114 stations

114 station records on 29 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sakardu Obsy	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

114 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 63.

Records on 29 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 109.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

92 broken records

Margins by which the 92 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1935

Top 20 records on 29 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1935	Grand Rapids Sutron, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1935	Stratton, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1935	Araria, IN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1935	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1935	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Biscuit Flat (Woolmit), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Tittagudi, IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Mahackala, RU	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Wayne, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Jackson, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Walnut 4S, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Fredonia, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Rockford, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1935	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	21 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1935. 1935 had 114 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 10	67
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1