Weather Records on 29 May 2004

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 2004. Highest significance: Winnebago, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 2004

On 29 May 2004, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
416 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 771 daily.
Winnebago set a daily record precipitation of 84.6 mm (3.3 in) on 29 May 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 29 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Earth	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huimilpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ruth	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Castellanos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bricelyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kuri Bay	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas Tolentino	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceburg Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cirian Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sharjah Inter. Airp	United Arab Emirates	Record high minimum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Songpan	China	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hita	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nieves	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruidoso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 58, daily 771.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

582 broken records

Margins by which the 582 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 2004

Top 20 records on 29 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 2004	Winnebago, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	89 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2004	Zearing, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2004	Anacortes, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2004	Unionville, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2004	Nevelsk, RU	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Blue Earth, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Fairmont, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Huimilpan, MX	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Ruth, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	East London, ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Francisco Castellanos, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Bricelyn, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Sioux Falls, US	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Kuri Bay, AU	daily low max	23.5 C (74.3 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	San Nicolas Tolentino, MX	all-time high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Mason City, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2004	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2004. 2004 had 835 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 2004-05-29: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 May 2004
Margin	Records
0 to 10	538
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	4