Weather Records on 29 May 1987

1,119 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1987. Highest significance: Lastovo, HR.

Key Facts for 29 May 1987

On 29 May 1987, 1,119 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
569 were record highs and 310 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,066 daily.
Lastovo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 29 May 1987.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

1,119 stations

1,119 station records on 29 May 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shnoh	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaguz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Bosque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerly 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ringgold	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mineiros Do Tiete (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hector 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garnovit	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lagodehi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gardabani	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denison Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valley View	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hords Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,119 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 336, Lowest daily minimum 176, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 29 May 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	336
Lowest daily minimum	176
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 29 May 1987 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 48, daily 1,066.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

829 broken records

Margins by which the 829 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1987

Top 20 records on 29 May 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1987	Lastovo, HR	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1987	Sabinal, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1987	Kvareli, GE	daily rain	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Shnoh, AM	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Ajaguz, KZ	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Robert Lee 4WSW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Nakhon Sawan, TH	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Presa El Bosque (Cfe), MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Ackerly 4SE, US	all-time rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Austin-Camp Mabry, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Petropavlovsk, KZ	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Lajes Ab, PT	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Ringgold, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Mineiros Do Tiete (Cpef), BR	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Hector 4 SE, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Forestburg 5 S, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Marietta 5SW, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1987	Decatur, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	46 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1987. 1987 had 1,119 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 2026-10-17 (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	751
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1