Weather Records on 29 May 1939

309 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1939. Highest significance: Barkestad, NO.

Key Facts for 29 May 1939

On 29 May 1939, 309 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 286 daily.
Barkestad set a daily record precipitation of 44.1 mm (1.7 in) on 29 May 1939.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

309 stations

309 station records on 29 May 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dodson 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

309 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 56.

Records on 29 May 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

213 broken records

Margins by which the 213 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1939

Top 20 records on 29 May 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1939	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1939	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1939	Galway, IE	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1939	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1939	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1939	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1939	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	W Pt, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Bellefontaine, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Ukiah, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Dodson 6 ENE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Wallowa, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	58 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Gospic, HR	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Calera, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Fortine 1 N, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Border 3 N, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1939	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 309 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 May 1939
Margin	Records
0 to 10	193
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2