Weather Records on 29 May 1963

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1963. Highest significance: Burra (Kooringa), AU.

Key Facts for 29 May 1963

On 29 May 1963, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 361 daily.
Burra (Kooringa) set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 29 May 1963.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 29 May 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Condowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Raleigh	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yatina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swannanoa 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stonefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 29 May 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1963

Top 20 records on 29 May 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1963	Burra (Kooringa), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1963	Kimba (Curtinye), AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1963	Cleve (Mangalo), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1963	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1963	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1963	Arno Bay, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Cleve (Pineside), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Darke Peak, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Talia, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Raleigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Kyancutta, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Lock, AU	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Lock (Terre), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Cleve, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1963	Pondooma Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	48 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 378 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	234
10 to 20	66
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1