Weather Records on 29 May 1971

885 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1971. Highest significance: Eastland, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1971

On 29 May 1971, 885 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 420 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 857 daily.
Eastland set a monthly record daily precipitation of 157.5 mm (6.2 in) on 29 May 1971.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

885 stations

885 station records on 29 May 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoozersk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tunbridge (Melrose)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Interlaken	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (the Grange)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Junipine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benjamin 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Knob	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

885 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 282, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 138, Heaviest daily rainfall 386, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 29 May 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	282
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	138
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 29 May 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 857.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

759 broken records

Margins by which the 759 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1971

Top 20 records on 29 May 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1971	Eastland, US	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1971	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1971	Hamlin 1SW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1971	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1971	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1971	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Franklin, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Nubeena, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Risdon, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Kaycee, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Princetown, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Krasnoozersk, RU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	New Norfolk, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Tunbridge (Melrose), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	New Meadows Rs, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1971	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	49 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 885 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	691
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1