Weather Records on 29 May 2015

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 2015. Highest significance: Mc Leod 3 E, US.

Key Facts for 29 May 2015

On 29 May 2015, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 441 daily.
Mc Leod 3 E set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 29 May 2015.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 29 May 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kolomak	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amasia	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chyhyryn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joe Pool Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Billings 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harb	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suhinici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indiga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington Six Flags	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mason	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotlas	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 29 May 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 29 May 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 441.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 2015

Top 20 records on 29 May 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 2015	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2015	Roscoe, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2015	Sretensk, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2015	Kolomak, UA	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2015	Packwood, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 May 2015	Manati 2 E, PR	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Lubbock 9N, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Bowdle, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Kherson, UA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	monthly high min	20.9 C (69.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	118 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Lewisville Dam, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Minatare Dam (Usbr), US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Amasia, AM	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Chyhyryn, UA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Dallas FAA AP, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Joe Pool Lake, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 2015	Rainbow, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	45 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 462 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 50	399
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2