Weather Records on 29 May 1985

1,006 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1985. Highest significance: Kerang, AU.

Key Facts for 29 May 1985

On 29 May 1985, 1,006 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
319 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 967 daily.
Kerang set a daily record precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 29 May 1985.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

1,006 stations

1,006 station records on 29 May 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nadda (Zimmerman)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Patho West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lozova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murrabit R.W.C.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman Fisheries STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga (Kunat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Burnbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burney	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Ox	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Galga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown (Inglewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haysdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lock Number 9	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,006 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 521, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 29 May 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	521
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 37, daily 967.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

862 broken records

Margins by which the 862 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1985

Top 20 records on 29 May 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1985	Kerang, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Elmore, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Canary Island South, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Broadford Golf Course, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Lindsay, US	all-time rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Heathcote, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Gladfield Hopefield Estate, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Puckapunyal, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Serpentine (East Loddon), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Big Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Moorabool Reservoir, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Nadda (Zimmerman), AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Mallan (Niemur Valley), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Patho West, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1985	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	105 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1985. 1985 had 1,006 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 1985-05-29: 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	791
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1