Weather Records on 29 May 1982

1,170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1982. Highest significance: Napoleon, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1982

On 29 May 1982, 1,170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
403 were record highs and 268 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 1,094 daily.
Napoleon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 29 May 1982.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

1,170 stations

1,170 station records on 29 May 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pennant	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.6 cm (10.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.6 cm (16.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dodson 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harveyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.6 cm (21.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
High Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Highwood 7 NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Wooyeo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	253.3 mm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.6 cm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Highwood 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camdenton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sandy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ikej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,170 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 323, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 452, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 29 May 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	323
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	452
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 29 May 1982 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 69, daily 1,094.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

902 broken records

Margins by which the 902 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1982

Top 20 records on 29 May 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1982	Napoleon, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1982	Pennant, CA	daily snowfall	27.6 cm (10.9 in)	27.6 cm (10.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1982	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1982	Ft Logan 4 ESE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1982	Everett, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Pilger, CA	all-time snowfall	41.6 cm (16.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Dodson 1 WNW, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Primghar, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Upper Sandusky, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Olean, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Paoli, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Harveyville, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Lewistown AP, US	all-time snowfall	53.6 cm (21.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Hobson, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1982	Marion Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 1,170 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 2026-10-16 (16 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 May 1982
Margin	Records
0 to 100	887
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1