Weather Records on 29 September 1924

264 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1924. Highest significance: Washington, US.

Key Facts for 29 September 1924

On 29 September 1924, 264 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 252 daily.
Washington set a daily record precipitation of 68.1 mm (2.7 in) on 29 September 1924.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

264 stations

264 station records on 29 September 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dobikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saegerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

264 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 29 September 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

234 broken records

Margins by which the 234 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1924

Top 20 records on 29 September 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1924	Washington, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Armagh, GB	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Dobikin, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Clarksville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Lebanon 3 W, US	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Broke (Harrowby), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Emmitsburg, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1924	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	35 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

1836 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1924. 1924 had 264 records.

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

Records on 09-29 in each year
Year	Records
1836	1
1843	1
1854	2
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	9
1900	3
1901	7
1902	14
1903	11
1904	26
1905	11
1906	16
1907	26
1908	20
1909	10
1910	10
1911	64
1912	27
1913	20
1914	24
1915	43
1916	184
1917	19
1918	36
1919	38
1920	22
1921	148
1922	33
1923	89
1924	264
1925	166
1926	195
1927	236
1928	212
1929	243
1930	71
1931	204
1932	234
1933	353
1934	394
1935	188
1936	399
1937	276
1938	423
1939	407
1940	346
1941	511
1942	858
1943	390
1944	398
1945	899
1946	265
1947	467
1948	334
1949	398
1950	472
1951	475
1952	404
1953	1,079
1954	814
1955	375
1956	380
1957	636
1958	309
1959	1,066
1960	143
1961	447
1962	481
1963	996
1964	1,154
1965	689
1966	498
1967	1,250
1968	184
1969	279
1970	629
1971	797
1972	637
1973	769
1974	730
1975	365
1976	636
1977	800
1978	569
1979	581
1980	874
1981	747
1982	911
1983	920
1984	1,447
1985	1,789
1986	1,624
1987	641
1988	554
1989	710
1990	416
1991	747
1992	833
1993	620
1994	967
1995	1,033
1996	1,356
1997	683
1998	1,295
1999	1,440
2000	965
2001	846
2002	557
2003	924
2004	754
2005	1,163
2006	695
2007	929
2008	461
2009	700
2010	1,110
2011	1,572
2012	737
2013	623
2014	548
2015	724
2016	912
2017	433
2018	582
2019	2,193
2020	444
2021	790
2022	600
2023	866
2024	1,391
2025	516
2026	544

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Data for records on 1924-09-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	156
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1