Weather Records on 23 August 1929

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1929. Highest significance: Bucyrus, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1929

On 23 August 1929, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 231 daily.
Bucyrus set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 23 August 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 23 August 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 92.

Records on 23 August 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 231.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

190 broken records

Margins by which the 190 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1929

Top 20 records on 23 August 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1929	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1929	Hyannis, US	all-time rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1929	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1929	Irwin, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1929	Hopetown (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1929	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	all-time rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Lancaster 2 NW, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	S Haven, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Kelowna, CA	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Ulan-Ude, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Boston City WSO, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Bottineau, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Larimore 4SW, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Baton Rouge, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1929	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	41 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

1802 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1929. 1929 had 240 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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	167
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1