Weather Records on 29 May 1984

1,871 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1984. Highest significance: Micurinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 29 May 1984

On 29 May 1984, 1,871 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
524 were record highs and 804 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 190 monthly and 1,680 daily.
Micurinsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.9 mm (3.1 in) on 29 May 1984.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

1,871 stations

1,871 station records on 29 May 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Einbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mozdok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Choapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Senecaville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tavira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig-Gliesmarode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Lexington 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zacapoaxtla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,871 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 337, Lowest daily maximum 522, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 282, Heaviest daily rainfall 542, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 May 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	337
Lowest daily maximum	522
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	282
Heaviest daily rainfall	542
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 190, daily 1,680.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,536 broken records

Margins by which the 1,536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1984

Top 20 records on 29 May 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1984	Micurinsk, RU	monthly rain	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 May 1984	Palmerton, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1984	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1984	Libode (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1984	Lewiston, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1984	Lancaster, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1984	Norwich, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1984	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Hamburg, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Northville, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Sherburne, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	W Pt, US	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Einbeck, DE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Seesen, DE	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Gloversville, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Ephrata, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Patuxent River NAS, US	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Motozintla (Smn), MX	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Mozdok, RU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1984	Peterboro 2 S, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	92 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1984. 1984 had 1,871 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1984-05-29: 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	1,383
20 to 40	118
40 to 60	28
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3