Weather Records on 8 August 1929

166 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1929. Highest significance: Eau Claire, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1929

On 8 August 1929, 166 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 164 daily.
Eau Claire set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 8 August 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

166 stations

166 station records on 8 August 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

166 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 42.

Records on 8 August 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 164.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

118 broken records

Margins by which the 118 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1929

Top 20 records on 8 August 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1929	Eau Claire, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Moxley, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Winona, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	New London, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Neerim, AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Rugby, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Springer, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	New London, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Gardiner, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Durham, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1929	Burlington, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	18 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

1793 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 166 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	96
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	3