Weather Records on 29 May 2001

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 2001. Highest significance: Sandusky, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 2001

On 29 May 2001, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
513 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 110 monthly and 847 daily.
Sandusky set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 29 May 2001.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 29 May 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Telpatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Falkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skillingaryd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta Bush Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mjuamala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Claiborne L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Asker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bobrynets	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bexley Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnell (Caltex Oil Refinery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braganca	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ball Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 316, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 29 May 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	316
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 110, daily 847.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

803 broken records

Margins by which the 803 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 2001

Top 20 records on 29 May 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 2001	Sandusky, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2001	Telpatlan, MX	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Teocelo, MX	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Wedgefield, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Muskogee, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Falkoping, SE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	113 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Skillingaryd, SE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Stockton 1 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Whatley, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Augusta Bush Fld AP, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Dodge City, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2001	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	52 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 958 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 2001-05-29: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	762
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1