Weather Records on 29 May 1948

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1948. Highest significance: Vaexjoe, SE.

Key Facts for 29 May 1948

On 29 May 1948, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 406 daily.
Vaexjoe set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 29 May 1948.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 29 May 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bensons Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piedmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Channel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 263.

Records on 29 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1948

Top 20 records on 29 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1948	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1948	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Davenport, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Currie Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Dewan, IN	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Barduar, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Falsterbo, SE	monthly rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Pasighat, IN	monthly rain	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Lund, SE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Harmati, IN	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Everett, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Bedetti(Behali), IN	monthly rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1948	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	34 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 420 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	291
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2