Weather Records on 29 May 1979

750 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1979. Highest significance: Millicent, AU.

Key Facts for 29 May 1979

On 29 May 1979, 750 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 731 daily.
Millicent set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.2 mm (1.9 in) on 29 May 1979.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

750 stations

750 station records on 29 May 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Semonaiha	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thornton 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Tamoio (Bela Vista)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ziryanovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Juliana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

750 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 29 May 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 29 May 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1979

Top 20 records on 29 May 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1979	Millicent, AU	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Lima, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Semonaiha, KZ	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Halden, NO	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Thornton 1SSE, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Swan Lake, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Chita, RU	monthly high min	18.1 C (64.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Beachport, AU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Stuttgart 9 ESE, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Rosedale, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Wessington Springs, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Usina Tamoio (Bela Vista), BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	A Coruna, ES	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1979	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	36 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 750 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 1979-05-29: 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 50	616
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1