Weather Records on 29 May 1988

1,132 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1988. Highest significance: Warren, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 1988

On 29 May 1988, 1,132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
556 were record highs and 273 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,059 daily.
Warren set a daily record snowfall of 19.1 cm (7.5 in) on 29 May 1988.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

1,132 stations

1,132 station records on 29 May 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Callao	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrylivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnesbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upata	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ookala 223	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Korf	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Valley 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,132 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 236, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 320, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 29 May 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	236
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	320
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 29 May 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 71, daily 1,059.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

909 broken records

Margins by which the 909 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1988

Top 20 records on 29 May 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1988	Warren, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	92 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1988	Austin #2, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	82 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1988	Callao, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Beowawe, US	monthly snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Huntington Lake, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Boras, SE	monthly high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Truckee Rs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Idaho City, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Artesia 6S, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Mnt Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Ely AP, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Garden Valley, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Baudette, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Karlshamn, SE	monthly high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Putbus, DE	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Senekal (Agr), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1988	Cascade 1 NW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	44 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1988. 1988 had 1,132 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 50	896
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1