Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for May 29, in any year, each linked to its full record.
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Earthquakes
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Antakya (Antioch), Samandag, Turkey. It killed 250,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F5 tornado touched down in Emmons, Morton counties, North Dakota and tracked 14.8 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 20.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Williamson County, Illinois and tracked 17 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 181.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, Italy. It killed 17 people, injured 350 and did $16 billion in damage.
Volcanoes
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed 507 people. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
Tsunamis
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, with a maximum water height of 2.5 meters. It killed 507 people.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Okfuskee, Creek counties, Oklahoma and tracked 14.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Arlington to N Micawber, OK.
Earthquakes
An earthquake struck Iraklion (Candia),megalokastron, Crete, Greece. It killed 300 people. It caused a tsunami.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and tracked 11.5 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 24.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in DeKalb, Daviess, Harrison counties, Missouri and tracked 22 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 6.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Cavalier County, North Dakota and tracked 7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Langdon, ND.
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An F4 tornado touched down in Andrew, Nodaway, Gentry counties, Missouri and tracked 29.2 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest, injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Fillmore/S Barnard/N Guilford/SE Conception/E Alanthus Grove, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Anderson County, South Carolina and tracked 15.1 miles, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Anderson/Starr Station, SC.
An F4 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Okfuskee, Creek counties, Oklahoma and tracked 14.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Arlington to N Micawber, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cavalier County, North Dakota and tracked 7 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 5 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Langdon, ND.
An F3 tornado touched down in Stutsman County, North Dakota and tracked 13.5 miles, 30 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 12. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Ypsilanti to Jamestown, ND.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lincoln, Creek counties, Oklahoma and tracked 13.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Stroud to Depew, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Hughes, Okfuskee counties, Oklahoma and tracked 17.1 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Lamar/Barnard Township/N Wetumka, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Richland County, North Dakota, injuring 3. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Wahpeton/Tyler, ND.
An F3 tornado touched down in Cowley County, Kansas and tracked 8.2 miles, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Dexter, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Putnam, Kanawha counties, West Virginia and tracked 20.1 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Charleston, WV.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sheridan County, Kansas. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Hoxie, KS.
An F3 tornado touched down in Grand Forks, Walsh counties, North Dakota and tracked 6.4 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Inkster/NE Fordville, ND.
An F3 tornado touched down in Lincoln County, Colorado and tracked 0.9 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Arriba, CO.
An F4 tornado touched down in Briscoe County, Texas and tracked 5.8 miles, 1,000 yards wide at its widest. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Silverton, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Kiowa, Pratt counties, Kansas and tracked 6.4 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Wellsford to SW Cullison, KS.
An F2 tornado touched down in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and tracked 2.1 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Pine Grove, PA.
An F5 tornado touched down in Emmons, Morton counties, North Dakota and tracked 14.8 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 20.
An F4 tornado touched down in Holt County, Nebraska and tracked 24.2 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Colfax County, New Mexico and tracked 3 miles, 10 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 8.
An F3 tornado touched down in Live Oak County, Texas and tracked 1 miles, 33 yards wide at its widest.
40 tornadoes were recorded on May 29, 1980, in Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Texas and more.
An F4 tornado touched down in Williamson County, Illinois and tracked 17 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 181.
An F3 tornado touched down in Perry, Montgomery counties, Illinois and tracked 10 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7.
In early afternoon hours of May 29, 1982, a strong and deadly tornado would travel for 17 miles (27 km) over 30 minutes claiming 10 lives and injuring another 181. Part of a larger outbreak in the same area, this tornado would be the strongest and deadliest of the outbreak, as well as being the most destructive tornado of that year.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Shackelford County, Texas and tracked 2 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Young County, Texas and tracked 7 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest.
The severe thunderstorms which moved through Brown County during the evening hours damaged every mobile home in central and eastern Brown County, and damaged nearly every barn and storage building across the eastern part of the county.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across much of north and west Louisiana producing damaging straight line winds near or in excess of 60 mph.
An F4 tornado touched down in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and tracked 11.5 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 24.
Severe thunderstorms produced large hail. There were no reports of damage received.
A warm front and a strong cold front moved across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of May 29th resulting in severe weather across parts of the area.
Several trees downed.
Trees were downed in several locations, some on power lines..
Another severe thunderstorm in Weber County spawned a stronger F1 tornado. Experts estimated winds were between 73-112 mph (63-97 kts) based on the damage they inspected. The tornado touched down on the west side of Washington Boulevard at 2100 North.
An F3 tornado touched down in Prowers County, Colorado and tracked 3 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Carson County, Texas and tracked 10 miles, 440 yards wide at its widest.
29 tornadoes were recorded on May 29, 2001, in Colorado, Kansas, Texas.
The first in a series of seven tornadoes occurred with no known damage. The video documentation of the first six tornadoes indicated they were non-supercellular in nature.
Several roads flooded.
An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported golfball size hail.
Two large and severe thunderstorms which spawned tornadoes in the Texas panhandle earlier in the day, moved into Hardeman County around dark.
Severe thunderstorms produced tornadoes and large hail from the central and southern Texas panhandle into the eastern and southeastern Texas panhandle during the evening hours.
An F4 tornado touched down in DeKalb, Daviess, Harrison counties, Missouri and tracked 22 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 6.
78 tornadoes were recorded on May 29, 2004, in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Kentucky, 1 of them rated violent (F4 or EF4 and above). They killed 3 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sumner County, Kansas and tracked 2.5 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1.
An F3 tornado touched down in Buchanan, Platte counties, Missouri and tracked 7 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Sumner County, Kansas and tracked 2.5 miles, 500 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Creek County, Oklahoma and tracked 7.5 miles, 700 yards wide at its widest.
Tornado crossed into Buchanan county 5 northwest of Camden Point. Tornado destroyed a barn, and threw an axle from a heavy truck nearly 300 yards.
Brief touchdown in open country.
On this day one supercell thunderstorm produced all the tornadoes in the state of Oklahoma and a majority of the extremely large hail. This storm began in extreme west central Oklahoma, moved through center sections of the state, and ended in extreme eastern Oklahoma.
During late evening hours of May 29, 2004, a significant severe weather outbreak occurred over western and central Oklahoma, mainly along and just north of Interstate-40. Quarter to golf ball-size hail was the most common size of hail that fell, but hailstones up to softball-size fell just east of Custer City. Damage surveys concluded that much of the wind damage was due to straight-line winds, but three F1 tornadoes did track across northwestern Canadian, central Logan, and northwest Lincoln Counties.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Widespread severe thunderstorms ripped across most of south-central Nebraska. Tornadoes were reported southwest of Sumner and east of Hebron. High winds and hail were common place. 60 to 80 mph winds rolled across a large part of the area.
A tornado touched down over open country southwest of Norway and traveled 1 mile before dissipating. A few trees were damaged.
Severe thunderstorms rolled over parts of north-central Kansas on May 29. Initially the severe thunderstorms were in the Beloit area, and a tornado was reported by an off-duty NWS employee southwest of Beloit. Large hail was reported and caused crop damage in the area.
A tornado touched down in rural areas near Jamestown. The tornado destroyed one house and heavily damaged three others along its 4 mile path. Two sheds were flattened, one of which fell onto two pickup trucks destroying both vehicles. Many power lines were downed.
A tornado moved from the west northwest of Depew to the north northeast of Depew. At its strongest it produced F3 damage. The F3 rating was based on a 20 foot section of a concrete anchored iron pipe cattle gate being removed from the ground and displaced 30 feet.
The tornado touched down briefly in an open field.
Quarter size hail on Highway 90.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Mitchell, Jewell counties, Kansas and tracked 18.91 miles, 2,000 yards wide at its widest.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Jewell, Republic, Thayer counties, Kansas and tracked 55.22 miles, 1,320 yards wide at its widest.
A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the late afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from near Elwood to north of York. Two tornadoes caused damage in the city of Kearney and one occurred just to the south of town.
A very unstable airmass moved into Iowa during the day on the 29th as a warm front lifted north into the state during the afternoon.
A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County.
38 tornadoes were recorded on May 29, 2008, in Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa.
A warm front lifted north across the region during the afternoon and evening of May 29th followed by a weak cool front passage later that night.
A supercell that tracked across much of north central Kansas spawned a long-lived tornado that tracked from Jewell County, KS (Hastings CWA) into Republic County, KS (Topeka CWA) into Thayer County, NE (Hastings CWA) and finally into Jefferson County, NE (Omaha CWA) before…
Thunderstorms produced damaging winds, large hail, very hevay rain, and two reported tornadoes over southeast South Dakota during the late afternoon and early evening of May 29th. The severe weather was south of Interstate 90, and mostly near the Missouri River.
Severe thunderstorms developed during the mid to late afternoon hours of May 29 from Vicksburg east northeast to Battle Creek and Charlotte.
A thunderstorm complex rolled through southeast Michigan during the peak heating of the day, resulting in scattered wind damage reports across the area.
A surface low developed over the Texas Panhandle through the day, lifting a stationary front northward as a warm front across Oklahoma. As the surface low deepened, a potent dryline developed over western Oklahoma.
Remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl produced an EF1 tornado in the Holly Hill area taking down trees, corn crops, and doing minor damage to a home.
26 tornadoes were recorded on May 29, 2013, in Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Wisconsin, New York.
There was a lot of active weather across South Central Nebraska on this Wednesday, occurring in multiple episodes throughout the entire day, culminating in seven tornadoes. Three of these tornadoes were classified as EF-1 with the other four producing EF-0 damage.
During the day on May 29th, a warm front lifted northward across eastern New York. Although the day began cloudy, some breaks of sun started to occur by early afternoon.
A large upper trough was ejecting out of the Rockies, with a dryline extending from western Nebraska through the Texas Panhandle. Strong wind shear and instability were in place over the southern Plains.
41 tornadoes were recorded on May 29, 2019, in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Illinois, Arkansas.
A cold front ignited scattered to numerous thunderstorms across the region on Wednesday, May 29. Many of these were severe and a few produced damaging tornadoes.
An upper level trough lifted northeast across the Middle Red River Valley into Eastern Oklahoma during the daytime hours on May 29th, which helped drive a weak surface boundary southeast into portions of North Texas, Southern and Eastern Oklahoma.
A strong area of low pressure across the Northern Plains lifted a warm front across the Northland on Memorial Day morning. Showers and storms moved through during the morning hours with the atmosphere recovering during the afternoon hours.
An amplified and vigorous upper level pattern pushed several weak disturbances northeast across the region during the overnight and early morning of May 30th.
A mid-level shortwave trough developed an MCS that lifted east- northeastward through the day and across SE GA during peak heating. Continued SW flow increased moisture levels to above average with PWATs mainly in the 1.75-2 inch range.
A disturbance in the quasi-zonal/northwesterly flow aloft, a dryline, and a cold front moving across the northern Permian Basin allowed for the development of scattered thunderstorms across Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
Widespread showers and thunderstorms due to a passing low pressure system were interrupted by a lone cell which rode along a boundary near the center of the low. This storm generated a strong but shallow rotation which became a brief strong (EF2) tornado.
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An unnamed storm crossed the coast as a category 1 hurricane, 65 kt (75 mph), central pressure 989 mb.
Hurricane Phyllis reached its peak of 160 kt (185 mph) with a central pressure of 940 mb, a category 5 storm.
Hurricane Adolph reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 940 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Nakri reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 929 mb, a category 4 storm.
Tropical Storm Alma and Tropical Storm Arthur were two related, consecutive tropical cyclones that affected Central America and southern Mexico in May and June 2008. Alma became the easternmost forming Pacific tropical cyclone on record when it formed on May 29, just off the coast of Costa Rica.
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Hurricane Barbara crossed the coast near Tonalá, Chiapas, Mexico as a category 1 hurricane, 70 kt (80 mph), central pressure 983 mb. Hurricane Barbara was the easternmost landfalling Pacific hurricane on record. As the first hurricane of the 2013 Pacific hurricane season, Barbara developed from a low-pressure area while located southeast of Mexico on May 28.
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A modest swell brought some larger waves to the coast. This was not a large event, nor unusual.
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A swath of wind damage occurred from near the Big Black Community northward across Highway 27 to about 5 miles east of Vicksburg. Dozens of trees were blown down across this area along with several power lines.
Water entered as many as 30 homes in the the Fannett area, where as much as 17 inches of rain had fallen. A 13 year old boy in Beaumont drowned after he was electrocuted in his back yard by a downed power line and fell in standing water.
Thunderstorms mainly brought very heavy rains to south-central Nebraska. A few storms did produce some small hail and strong winds. Tree damage was reported in Cambridge, Wilsonville and southeast of Alma. Nickel sized hail fell in Holbrook and Cambridge, both in Furnas County.
A warm front moved through southern New Hampshire early Tuesday morning, leaving the area in a very moist, warm, and unstable airmass. Tuesday afternoon a cold front began moving across western New York and approaching southern New Hampshire.
A stalled frontal boundary across central New York created an unstable airmass and allowed severe thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon.
A warm front moved slowly north into Iowa during the overnight hours of the 28th into the 29th. The airmass became unstable as surface temperatures warmed into the low 80s, with dewpoints around 70 along and south of the front.
A squall line of thunderstorms produced localized wind damage and minor flooding.
Several disturbances in advance of a deepening upper level trough over the southwest states led to multiple rounds of showers and storms across North and Central TX. With wet soils already in place, flash flooding was the main weather concern during this time.
Vietnam was hit by several floods in 2019.
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The risk for severe storms continued May 29th as necessary ingredients stayed in place. An unstable/ buoyant atmosphere, wind shear to sustain updrafts, and large scale |ascension with a crossing shortwave were all present.
Strong to severe thunderstorms brought heavy rain to parts of eastern Pennsylvania, and to parts of northern and central New Jersey during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 29.
Accelerated snowmelt from a near-record snowpack due to above normal temperatures produced high and fast flow on the Roaring Fork River. One such area was between Wingo and Snowmass, Colorado, where an individual drowned after accidentally falling into the river.
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Very strong thunderstorm winds raked across parts of southwest Oklahoma on May 29th and 30th, back in 1990. Winds gusted to 90 mph in Hobart, blowing the roof off the Hobart Medical Center, and damaging the roof of a radio station.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Quarter-size hail reported by Beaver County Sheriff's office.
The storm brought wind, hail and a small tornado to the town of Mertzon. Nearly every building was battered; 50 percent of all homes and 25 businesses were damaged in this 778-person town. Two homes were completely destroyed.
Severe downburst winds hit the community of Sour Lake. 1 man was injured in a motel room when the ceiling and air conditioner collapsed on him. Between 20 and 30 percent of the building in Sour Lkae received some kind of damage.
During the afternoon of May 29, a line of fast moving severe thunderstorms crossed eastern New York and produced damage in every county. This intense convection developed well ahead of a strong cold front. The storms resulted in one fatality and three injuries.
A strong cold front plowed into a moist unstable environment across central New York during the afternoon of the 29th. The result was organized severe thunderstorm activity in the form of several bow echoes and squall lines.
A warm, moist, and unstable atmosphere was in place across most of Michigan's Lower Peninsula during the evening hours of Thursday, May 28th into the morning hours of Friday, May 29th. A slow moving cold front was across far northern lower Michigan.
A powerful storm system off the North Carolina and Virginia coast produced high winds and waves over the James River. One man was killed and three others were treated for hypothermia from the still-cold water when their 16 foot fishing boat capsized in the James River.
A powerful storm system off the Virginia and North Carolina coast produced high winds and waves over the James River. One man drowned and another man was injured when their 17 foot fishing boat capsized on the James River east of Hopewell due to the weather.
A line of severe thunderstorms belted the region on Memorial Day evening with wind gusts over 100 mph. The storms moved into the Gothenburg area around 830 p.m. Wind gusts of 97 mph and 106 mph were measured in and north of Gothenburg.
This major, widespread damaging wind event began during the afternoon as thunderstorms developed across eastern Colorado and moved into extreme NW Kansas and extreme SW Nebraska.
A warm front stretching from southwest Kansas to northern Ohio pushed humid air into eastern Iowa, northeast Missouri, and northwest Illinois during the early morning hours of May 29.
Showers and thunderstorms entered northwest Ohio during the late afternoon hours on the 29th. A frontal boundary oriented west-east along the southern Great Lakes aided in the development of the severe weather.
Following a five day break from active weather, the early to mid-evening hours on this Sunday featured a few, fairly isolated severe thunderstorms across portions of North Central Kansas, mainly affecting Mitchell, Osborne and Jewell Counties.
A surface low and an associated dryline remained over North Texas from the 29th through the early morning hours of the 31st. Several rounds of severe storms developed and moved across North Texas due to a very unstable atmosphere across the area.
A strong cold front crossed the region bringing an end to oppressive heat and humidity. The front however was accompanied by severe thunderstorms which produced hail up to one-and-three-quarter inches in diameter and damaging winds that downed trees and power lines.
A cluster of storm tracked across portions of Sampson County late during the evening producing widespread damage. Numerous homes and buildings were damaged along with widespread power outages. Monetary damages were estimated.
Severe storms produced some hail and a little wind damage on this Tuesday afternoon and early evening.
Abundant low level moisture was located over the middle Ohio River Valley and central Appalachians on the 29th. As a mid and upper level disturbance passed, showers and storms developed, with some of the storms producing damaging winds.
The combination of an upper level impulse and southward sagging frontal boundary out of the Ohio Valley brought a line of strong to severe thunderstorms across eastern Kentucky.
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3 climbers lost their lives near the top of Mt Rainier when high winds destroyed their tents and collapsed their snow caves.
An rockfall and avalanche occurred near the Dreamweaver Couloir on Mt. Meeker. Three climbers were involved in the incident, a female and two males. One of the male climbers was killed and recovered later that day.
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An early season heat wave, leading to an unusually hot Memorial Day, resulted in dozens of people suffering from heat related illnesses. Near record to record setting high temperatures, in the low to mid 90's, sent some people to the hospital.
Temperatures rose into the 90s for highs by the end of May. A baby died as a result of being left in a hot car.
The first back-to-back 90 degree days in and around the Philadelphia area during 2012 occurred in late May. It resulted in one heat related death in Mercer County and precipitated the early dismissal of school children in Camden on Tuesday the 29th.
One person died in Las Vegas of heat related causes.
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Shonkin 7S 14SE recorded 48 inches, Montana’s all-time maximum 24-hour snowfall, as the State Climate Extremes Committee lists it (a tie with an earlier value).
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The Shannon Fire started on May 29, 1984, in California, and burned 3,551 acres.
The Moretzz Fire started on May 29, 1984, in California, and burned 1,586 acres.
The Wilmot Fire started on May 29, 1986, in California, and burned 1,719 acres.
The Gal N 35 Fire started on May 29, 1988, in Alaska, and burned 2,946 acres.
The Oneil Fire started on May 29, 1989, in New Mexico, and burned 11,978 acres.
The Laguna II Fire started on May 29, 1989, in California, and burned 3,044 acres.
The Sunland Fire was discovered on May 29, 1993, in Pinal County, Arizona, and burned 2,560 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Mile Creek Fire was discovered on May 29, 1996, in Alaska, and burned 66,560 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Bluegarden Fire was discovered on May 29, 1999, in Lincoln County, Nevada, and burned 10,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Rainbow Ra Fire was discovered on May 29, 1999, in Lincoln County, Nevada, and burned 2,392 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Viveash Fire was discovered on May 29, 2000, in New Mexico, and burned 28,348 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Sweetwater Fire was discovered on May 29, 2000, in Uintah County, Utah, and burned 3,642 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 29, 2000, in Alachua County, Florida, and burned 2,933 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Haley Fire was discovered on May 29, 2000, in Mesa County, Colorado, and burned 1,469 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on May 29, 2001, in Jeff Davis County, Texas, and burned 3,390 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The WCA2A Fire was discovered on May 29, 2001, in Florida, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Gator Fire was discovered on May 29, 2004, in Broward County, Florida, and burned 6,000 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Ben Hill Griffin Fire was discovered on May 29, 2004, in Lee County, Florida, and burned 1,660 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Black Range Complex Wfu Fire was discovered on May 29, 2005, in Catron County, New Mexico, and burned 77,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Fork Wfu Fire was discovered on May 29, 2005, in Catron County, New Mexico, and burned 11,936 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Pilot Point Fire was discovered on May 29, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 4,827 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Kitalitna Fire was discovered on May 29, 2005, in Alaska, and burned 1,840 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Memorial Day Fire was discovered on May 29, 2006, in Florida, and burned 8,000 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Melendrez Pass Fire was discovered on May 29, 2009, in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, and burned 5,791 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Mclean Creek Fire was discovered on May 29, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 14,099 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Slokenjikh River Fire was discovered on May 29, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 10,682 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Eklutna Fire was discovered on May 29, 2010, in Alaska, and burned 1,693 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Texas Forest Service reported that the Stone Ridge Wildfire began around 1845CST about seven miles west northwest of Amarillo Texas near Loop 335 and Tascosa Road. The wildfire threatened approximately eight hundred homes and around five hundred homes had to be evacuated.
The Wallow Fire was discovered on May 29, 2011, in Arizona, and burned 538,049 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Little Creek Fire was discovered on May 29, 2011, in Alaska, and burned 26,201 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The McCord Creek Fire was discovered on May 29, 2011, in Alaska, and burned 7,717 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Gum Slough Fire was discovered on May 29, 2011, in Okeechobee County, Florida, and burned 3,175 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Jack Fire was reported on May 29, 2016, in Coconino County, Arizona, and burned 33,850 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Medfra Fire was reported on May 29, 2016, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 7,930 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Bert Fire was reported on May 29, 2016, in Coconino County, Arizona, and burned 5,750 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Berry Creek Fire was reported on May 29, 2016, in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska, and burned 1,677 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Range Fire was reported on May 29, 2020, in Pinal County, Arizona, and burned 3,141 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Bobcat Fire was reported on May 29, 2021, in Broward County, Florida, and burned 21,501 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Poso Fire was reported on May 29, 2021, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, and burned 2,057 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Contact Creek Fire was reported on May 29, 2022, in Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska, and burned 10,654 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Foster Fire was reported on May 29, 2022, in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and burned 7,598 acres.
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A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Antakya (Antioch), Samandag, Turkey. It killed 250,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
An earthquake struck Ramla,palestine,jerusalem,tabuk,kufa,halla, Israel. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage. It caused a tsunami.
An earthquake struck Iraklion (Candia),megalokastron, Crete, Greece. It killed 300 people. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Guerrero,morelos, Mexico. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Lungling-Lushi, Yunnan Province, China. It killed some people (about 51 to 100) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Lungling-Lushi, Yunnan Province, China. It killed some people (about 51 to 100) and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck W, Nahavand-Hamaden-Tuysarkan, Iran. It killed 2 people and injured 50.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Labuha, Indonesia.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Reykjavik, Iceland. It injured 30.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Tongoa, Vanuatu Islands. It injured 10.
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Anatahan Region, N. Mariana Islands, US Territories. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo, Emilia Romagna, Italy. It killed 17 people, injured 350 and did $16 billion in damage.
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia. It injured 25 and destroyed 5 houses.
An earthquake struck Ijen, Java, Indonesia. With the tsunami it caused, it killed 1 person.
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Asamayama, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. It killed 1 person and injured 1.
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 4. It killed 507 people. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
Coropuna, Peru erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3.
Asosan, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 1. It killed 1 person.
Zealandia Bank, United States erupted. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
Ijen, Indonesia erupted. It killed 1 person. The eruption caused a tsunami and was accompanied by an earthquake.
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A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Gulf of Aqaba, Israel. It killed many people (about 101 to 1,000) and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Island of Crete, Greece.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Bogoslof Island, AK, United States.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, with a maximum water height of 2.5 meters. It killed 507 people.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck South of Sarigan Is, N. Mariana Is, US Territories, with a maximum water height of 0.04 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as meteorological struck North Sea, Netherlands, with a maximum water height of 2 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano and earthquake struck Ijen Volcano, Bali, Lesser Sunda, Indonesia, with a maximum water height of 3 meters. It killed 1 person.
5 on May 29, oldest first.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began May 29, 1932, reached Kp 8 and lasted 21 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 75; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 45 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began May 29, 1979, reached Kp 7 and lasted 6 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 30; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 50 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm began May 29, 1998, reached Kp 7- and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 26; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 52 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began May 29, 2003, reached Kp 8+ and lasted 42 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 109; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 43 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm began May 29, 2005, reached Kp 8- and lasted 24 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 90; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 47 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
9 on May 29, oldest first.
Two men were killed as they took shelter on shore after getting off the water. The two men had headed out for a fishing trip on the Black Warrior River. The event occurred near the Arcola Landing.
A man was struck by lightning in the Dewey Bridge area while sightseeing with family.
Rough surf and rip currents caused by a slow moving low pressure off the North Carolina coast claimed the life of a 17-year-old male who went swimming in the water in Seaside Heights.
A father and son practicing on the driving range at the Meadows Golf Club were were struck by lightning. The father was killed by the bolt and his 16-yr old was son seriously injured. Three others standing nearby received only minor injuries.
A 24-year-old man drowned after believed to have been caught in a rip current in Bradley Beach (Monmouth County) and was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. EDT on the 29th. He drowned while swimming south of a jetty in the waters off of Brinley Avenue Beach in Bradley Beach.
Seven swimmers were caught in a rip current off of Moonlight Beach around 1320 PST on the 29th. Five of them were students from a school in Solana Beach and found the two others, a Guatamalan man and his nephew.
A moist and unstable airmass resulted in scattered showers and thunderstorms.
A rip current pulled out three people with one fatality.
One man drowned and one man was injured in a rip current at Daytona Beach.
Gathered from this site’s archives: the tornado record (NOAA SPC, and Grazulis before 1950), IBTrACS and the National Hurricane Center, NOAA NCEI’s Storm Events Database, Regional Snowfall Index, billion-dollar disasters list, State Climate Extremes Committee and hazard databases, USGS, NIFC, GFZ Potsdam’s Kp index (CC BY 4.0), the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma, and Wikidata (CC0), with article leads from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0, each credited where it appears. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.