Weather Records on 29 May 1938

316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1938. Highest significance: Basirhat, IN.

Key Facts for 29 May 1938

On 29 May 1938, 316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 307 daily.
Basirhat set a monthly record daily precipitation of 227.6 mm (9.0 in) on 29 May 1938.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

316 stations

316 station records on 29 May 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hiranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itahar	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gazole	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morenci	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Barracks	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Howrah	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

316 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 232.

Records on 29 May 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

282 broken records

Margins by which the 282 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1938

Top 20 records on 29 May 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1938	Basirhat, IN	monthly rain	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Capella Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Hiranpur, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Kalyanganj, IN	daily rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	168.6 mm (6.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Berhampore, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Itahar, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Bolpur, IN	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Kukrahati, IN	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Jalaun, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Dumka, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Serampore, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Gazole, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1938	Gangajalghati, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 316 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 25	226
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1