Weather Records on 29 May 2023

392 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 2023. Highest significance: Tihoreck, RU.

Key Facts for 29 May 2023

On 29 May 2023, 392 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 375 daily.
Tihoreck set a daily record precipitation of 42.9 mm (1.7 in) on 29 May 2023.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

392 stations

392 station records on 29 May 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logrono-Agoncillo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Munson Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lofty (Cleland Conservat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Al-Madinah	Saudi Arabia	Record low minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aranyaprathet	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jian	China	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchang	China	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clintwood 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Myrrhee (Joelyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poteet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield Mercer Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Changde	China	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cross City AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coronel Fap Alfredo Mendivil	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

392 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 May 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 May 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 2023

Top 20 records on 29 May 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 2023	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	109 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2023	Wytheville, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2023	St-Girons, FR	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2023	Pulaski 2 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Kanazawa, JP	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Danville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Logrono-Agoncillo, ES	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	121 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Princeton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Munson Ridge, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Batesburg, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Ahmadabad, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Moorcroft 3S, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Phuket Airport, TH	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Darlington, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Mount Lofty (Cleland Conservat, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2023	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2023. 2023 had 392 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 10	282
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1