Weather Records on 29 May 1973

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1973. Highest significance: Greenwood, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1973

On 29 May 1973, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 492 daily.
Greenwood set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 29 May 1973.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 29 May 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moncegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Grullo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piseco	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ubaira (Areia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kolchugino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miraima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Strelkovoe	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Champoton (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Banos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 168.

Records on 29 May 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1973

Top 20 records on 29 May 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1973	Greenwood, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Eastport, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Moncegorsk, RU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Newton, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Berthierville, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	San Jose, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Durham, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Sidell 4N, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	El Grullo, MX	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Otatitlan, MX	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Seaside, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1973	Saint Leo, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1973	Montezuma 2 NW, US	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1973	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1973	Menard, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1973	Walnut Creek 2 ESE, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 517 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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Data for records on 1973-05-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	337
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1