Weather Records on 29 May 1969

762 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1969. Highest significance: St Thomas, CA.

Key Facts for 29 May 1969

On 29 May 1969, 762 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 709 daily.
St Thomas set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 29 May 1969.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

762 stations

762 station records on 29 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spruce	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Issik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Carbon R Ent	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Marston Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hope A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

762 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 377.

Records on 29 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 53, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1969

Top 20 records on 29 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1969	St Thomas, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Clearwater, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Seattle NAS, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Port Germein (Telowie), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Greenwood, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Creston, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Vercniy-Gorel'nik, KZ	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Usina Itatinga, BR	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Toronto, CA	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Geelkop, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Mannanarie Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Maleny Denning Rd, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Belleville, CA	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Geneva, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Kent, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Jetmore, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Middletown 2 NW, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1969	Spruce, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	39 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 762 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 20	592
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1