Weather Records on 29 September 1927

236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1927. Highest significance: 1 N McLeansboro, US.

Key Facts for 29 September 1927

On 29 September 1927, 236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 224 daily.
1 N McLeansboro set a daily record precipitation of 87.9 mm (3.5 in) on 29 September 1927.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

236 stations

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

Weather records on 29 September 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nimagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lohn (Warrigal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wandoo Wandong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uriarra (Woodside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeribar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

236 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 29 September 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

206 broken records

Margins by which the 206 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1927

Top 20 records on 29 September 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1927	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Nyngan Airport, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Jumping Sand Hill Well, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Appleton City, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Warsaw 1, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Dubbo (Mentone), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Bulgandramine, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Warren (Mumblebone), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Athol 1, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Port Arthur, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Obley, AU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1927	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1927	Nimagee, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1927	Colane, AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	28 years	33 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

1836 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1927. 1927 had 236 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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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	133
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	3