Weather Records on 29 May 2002

594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 2002. Highest significance: Temple, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 2002

On 29 May 2002, 594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 563 daily.
Temple set a monthly record daily precipitation of 173.5 mm (6.8 in) on 29 May 2002.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

594 stations

594 station records on 29 May 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record snow depth	248.0 cm (97.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nordoyan Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tosteberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hid	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brian Pastures	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Surigao	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rylsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bromolla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record low maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benito Juarez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bryce Canyon AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Temascalcingo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Talea de Castro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

594 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 May 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 May 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 563.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 2002

Top 20 records on 29 May 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 2002	Temple, US	monthly rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2002	Old Forge, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2002	Newport, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2002	Jackson, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2002	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2002	Rochester Gtr Intl, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Tryvasshogda, NO	daily snow depth	248.0 cm (97.6 in)	243.0 cm (95.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Abbott, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Wattle Flat General Store, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Lord Howe Island Aero, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Scotia, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Augusta, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Prineville, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Freeport 2 NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Playa Vicente, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Harrison, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2002	Hanover, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	41 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 594 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	936
2021	854
2022	697
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 500	437
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1