Weather Records on 29 May 2008

784 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 2008. Highest significance: Ajaccio, FR.

Key Facts for 29 May 2008

On 29 May 2008, 784 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 353 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 725 daily.
Ajaccio set an all-time record daily precipitation of 147.6 mm (5.8 in) on 29 May 2008.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

784 stations

784 station records on 29 May 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goshen Springs 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kreuznach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruppertsecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Homburg/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anapa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Julich (Forsch.-Anlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armavir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kluhorskij Pereval	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan de Juarez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tejocotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schotten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burilda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Okayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asosan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

784 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 240, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 May 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	240
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 May 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 55, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 2008

Top 20 records on 29 May 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 2008	Ajaccio, FR	all-time rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2008	O'Neill, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2008	Conchas Dam, US	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2008	Kall-Sistig, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2008	Sioux Rapids, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2008	Goshen Springs 3 NW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Hebron, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Canton 4N, US	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Bad Kreuznach, DE	monthly rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Newcastle, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Ruppertsecken, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Shionomisaki, JP	daily rain	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Palenque (Dge), MX	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Moorcroft 3S, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Homburg/Saar, DE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Anapa, RU	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Le Mars, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2008	Greenwood, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 784 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 100	590
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1