Weather Records on 29 August 1920

76 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1920. Highest significance: Springbok, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 August 1920

On 29 August 1920, 76 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 72 daily.
Springbok set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 29 August 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

76 stations

76 station records on 29 August 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

76 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 44.

Records on 29 August 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 72.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

64 broken records

Margins by which the 64 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1920

Top 20 records on 29 August 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1920	Springbok, ZA	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1920	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1920	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1920	Alice Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1920	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1920	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1920	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Chatham 2, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Astoria, US	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Chaplin, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1920	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1807 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1920. 1920 had 76 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 August 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	45
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1