Weather Records on 29 May 1957

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1957. Highest significance: Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES.

Key Facts for 29 May 1957

On 29 May 1957, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 247 daily.
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.5 mm (4.7 in) on 29 May 1957.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 29 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caio Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mulanur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 29 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 247.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

209 broken records

Margins by which the 209 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1957

Top 20 records on 29 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1957	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	monthly rain	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1957	Ilav, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low min	3.1 C (37.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Nalgonda, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	T.Narsipur, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Osage, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Regensburg, DE	daily low min	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Bodinayakkanur, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Pattikonda, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Dhone, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1957	Wien, AT	daily low min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1957	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1957	Chemnitz, DE	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	62 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1957	Siruguppa, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1957	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low min	2.3 C (36.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1957	Bellary, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1957	Malur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 251 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	162
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2