Weather Records on 29 May 2005

904 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 2005. Highest significance: Abu Hamed, SD.

Key Facts for 29 May 2005

On 29 May 2005, 904 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
579 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 121 monthly and 781 daily.
Abu Hamed set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 29 May 2005.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

904 stations

904 station records on 29 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh/Mohanbar	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Lake 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arxan	China	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weiskirchen/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oschatz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres Lagunas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rouen - Boos	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magiscatzin (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Molina de Aragon	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yibin	China	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Groznyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

904 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 328, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	328
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 121, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

740 broken records

Margins by which the 740 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 2005

Top 20 records on 29 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 2005	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Freiburg, DE	monthly high min	20.4 C (68.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	117 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Milan, IT	monthly high min	23.6 C (74.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	207 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Dibrugarh/Mohanbar, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Milan, IT	monthly high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Moorcroft 3S, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Kaiserslautern, DE	monthly high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Meadville, US	monthly low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Summer Lake 1 S, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Hondo, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Bamberg, DE	daily high max	32.9 C (91.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	119 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high min	15.7 C (60.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	119 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	State UNIV, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Arxan, CN	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Weiskirchen/Saar, DE	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Feodosiia, UA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	119 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Sonnblick, AT	daily high min	4.1 C (39.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2005	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	32.1 C (89.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	119 years	42 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2005. 2005 had 904 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 2005-05-29: 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 2026-10-17 (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	722
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2