Weather Records on 29 May 1944

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1944. Highest significance: Farmersburg, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1944

On 29 May 1944, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 246 daily.
Farmersburg set a daily record precipitation of 83.1 mm (3.3 in) on 29 May 1944.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

258 stations

258 station records on 29 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plum Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 29 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1944

Top 20 records on 29 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1944	Farmersburg, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1944	Kareehoek"Kareefontein", ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1944	Uccle, BE	daily high min	17.1 C (62.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1944	Purulia, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1944	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1944	Jamalpur, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Uccle, BE	daily high max	33.2 C (91.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Shikarpur, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Cleburne, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Katbari, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Jagalur, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	29.9 C (85.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	58 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Den Helder, NL	daily high max	26.2 C (79.2 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1944	Groningen, NL	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	31 years	24 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 258 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	169
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1