Weather Records on 29 May 1951

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1951. Highest significance: Owk, IN.

Key Facts for 29 May 1951

On 29 May 1951, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 476 daily.
Owk set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 29 May 1951.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 29 May 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nuzvid	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dome Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crownpoint	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 161, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 29 May 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	161
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1951

Top 20 records on 29 May 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1951	Owk, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Vladivostok, RU	monthly high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Parrsboro, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Nappan Cda, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Anakapalli, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Tadpatri, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Nuzvid, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Narasimharajapura, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Natchitoches, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1951	Glencliff, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1951	Holenarsipur, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1951	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	77 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1951	Pogranichnyj, RU	monthly high min	19.8 C (67.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1951	Clay, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1951	Chemnitz, DE	daily low max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1951	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	2.7 C (36.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1951	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1951	New Milford, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	29 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 493 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	363
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1