Weather Records on 29 May 1976

975 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1976. Highest significance: Cullowhee, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1976

On 29 May 1976, 975 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 341 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 892 daily.
Cullowhee set a daily record precipitation of 87.1 mm (3.4 in) on 29 May 1976.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

975 stations

975 station records on 29 May 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Swannanoa 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Batista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baixo Cotia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barrocada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estrada de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pedra Bela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Beicht	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira da Graca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Abaixo (Faz.Cachoeira)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jundiai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Batatais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jardinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clube de Regatas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pedreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Artemis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Soca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Varadouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salesopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freguesia da Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Hermilo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rondawel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cerradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Visconde de Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Comercio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itabera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Luiz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Paulista (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

975 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 193, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 570, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 May 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	193
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	570
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 May 1976 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 79, daily 892.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

863 broken records

Margins by which the 863 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1976

Top 20 records on 29 May 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1976	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1976	Coronel Macedo, BR	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1976	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1976	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1976	Asheville, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1976	Toccoa, US	monthly rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1976	Swannanoa 2 E, US	all-time rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1976	Highlands, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Walhalla, US	monthly rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Middlekop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Cornelia, US	monthly rain	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Franklin, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Rio Claro, BR	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Agua Branca, BR	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Usina Batista, BR	monthly rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Fazenda Santa Cecilia, BR	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Enka, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Eden (Pirajibu), BR	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1976	Caconde, BR	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	53 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 975 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 1976-05-29: 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 20	616
20 to 40	142
40 to 60	80
60 to 80	20
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2