Weather Records on 29 May 1996

1,177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1996. Highest significance: Krasnaja_Gora, RU.

Key Facts for 29 May 1996

On 29 May 1996, 1,177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
575 were record highs and 386 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,089 daily.
Krasnaja_Gora set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.2 mm (3.2 in) on 29 May 1996.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

1,177 stations

1,177 station records on 29 May 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vyartsilya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gulfport Naval Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sortavala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinton 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Suomussalmi Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusamo Maanselka Kurkijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Claiborne L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Pucuato	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vyborg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tancuilin	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,177 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 254, Lowest daily maximum 274, Highest daily minimum 321, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 May 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	254
Lowest daily maximum	274
Highest daily minimum	321
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1996 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 71, daily 1,089.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

835 broken records

Margins by which the 835 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1996

Top 20 records on 29 May 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1996	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	monthly rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1996	Beloit, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 May 1996	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Vyartsilya, RU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Gulfport Naval Ctr, US	daily rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Sortavala, RU	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Clermont 9 S, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Franklinton 3 SW, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Biloxi, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Clayton, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Freeport Wwtp, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Belzoni, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Suomussalmi Kk, FI	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Kuusamo Maanselka Kurkijarvi, FI	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Lexington, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Woodstock, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Brodhead Wwtp, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1996	Millington 1 SE, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	43 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 1,177 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	800
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2