Weather Records on 29 May 1940

156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1940. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 29 May 1940

On 29 May 1940, 156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 149 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 97.7 mm (3.8 in) on 29 May 1940.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

156 stations

156 station records on 29 May 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thowgla Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

156 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 87.

Records on 29 May 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1940 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 149.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

126 broken records

Margins by which the 126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1940

Top 20 records on 29 May 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1940	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	all-time rain	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1940	Odesa, UA	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1940	Oberstdorf, DE	monthly rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1940	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1940	Pinopolis, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1940	Milan, IT	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1940	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1940	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1940	Ambikapur, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Weissenburg, DE	all-time rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Troy, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Tallapoosa 2 N, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Angola, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Colorado City, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Ulm, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Kazan, RU	daily low min	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily low min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1940	Saentis, CH	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	25 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 156 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 1940
Margin	Records
0 to 10	95
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1