Weather Records on 29 May 1937

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1937. Highest significance: Ft Bayard 4W, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1937

On 29 May 1937, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
159 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 294 daily.
Ft Bayard 4W set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 29 May 1937.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

311 stations

311 station records on 29 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmasala	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobadah (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1937

Top 20 records on 29 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1937	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1937	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1937	Manassa, US	all-time rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1937	Walnut, US	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1937	Azimganj, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1937	Chickmagalur, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1937	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1937	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Iluppur, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Weatherford, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Gunnison 3SW, US	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Brainerd, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Coldwater, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Socorro, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Shiggaon, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Aurora, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1937	Dharmasala, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	23 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 311 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	221
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3