Weather Records on 29 August 1927

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1927. Highest significance: Robben Island (Vrt), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 August 1927

On 29 August 1927, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 203 daily.
Robben Island (Vrt) set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 29 August 1927.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 29 August 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 57.

Records on 29 August 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1927

Top 20 records on 29 August 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1927	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1927	Saint John, CA	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1927	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Athens, US	monthly low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Durham, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Stratford, CA	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Blackville 3 W, US	monthly low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Yarmouth, CA	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Astrakan, RU	daily high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Santuck, US	monthly low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Mahackala, RU	daily high min	24.9 C (76.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1927	Fernandina Beach, US	monthly low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	17 years	22 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1927. 1927 had 214 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	144
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1