Weather Records on 29 May 1953

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1953. Highest significance: Denton, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1953

On 29 May 1953, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 479 daily.
Denton set an all-time record daily precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 29 May 1953.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 29 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gauribidanur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 29 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1953

Top 20 records on 29 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1953	Denton, US	all-time rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1953	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1953	Bottineau, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Union, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Eckman 2 SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Birtle, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Wallowa, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Winifred, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Arthur 4NW, US	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Stratford, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Haxby 18 SW, US	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Malta, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Joseph, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Havre Wb City, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1953	Karur, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 501 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	334
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1