Weather Records on 29 May 1949

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1949. Highest significance: Thief River Falls, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1949

On 29 May 1949, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 343 daily.
Thief River Falls set an all-time record daily precipitation of 190.5 mm (7.5 in) on 29 May 1949.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 29 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warora	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corunna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 176.

Records on 29 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

277 broken records

Margins by which the 277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1949

Top 20 records on 29 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1949	Thief River Falls, US	all-time rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1949	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Akot, IN	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Awini 182.1, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Ft Yates 4 SW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Rajauli, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Mandora, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Lost River, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Warora, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Pueblo City Rsvr, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1949	Mount Edgar, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1949	Kaikalur, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1949	Antenor Navarro, BR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1949	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1949	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	33 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 347 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 20	249
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1