Weather Records on 29 September 1928

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1928. Highest significance: Darwin Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 September 1928

On 29 September 1928, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 179 daily.
Darwin Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 29 September 1928.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 29 September 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 29 September 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 29 September 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 179.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1928

Top 20 records on 29 September 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1928	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1928	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1928	Malung, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1928	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	monthly snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	12.7 C (54.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Halmstad, SE	monthly low max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Vestervig, DK	monthly low min	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Orebro, SE	monthly low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Karesuando, SE	monthly low max	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Gallivare_A, SE	monthly low max	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Galway, IE	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Sandvig, DK	daily low max	9.1 C (48.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1928	Krakmo, NO	monthly snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	0 years	23 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1928. 1928 had 212 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1928-09-29: 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 20	154
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1