Weather Records on 1 September 1929

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1929. Highest significance: Cape Northumberland, AU.

Key Facts for 1 September 1929

On 1 September 1929, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 290 daily.
Cape Northumberland set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 1 September 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 1 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Creek (Marble House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conmurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denial Bay (Nadia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 90.

Records on 1 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 290.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1929

Top 20 records on 1 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1929	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1929	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1929	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1929	Bull Creek (Marble House), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1929	Conmurra, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1929	Woodside, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1929	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Cooke Plains, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Mount Torrens, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Harrogate, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Qu'appelle, CA	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Stirling, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Nelson, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 1929	Halmstad, SE	monthly high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	42 years	27 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

1797 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1929. 1929 had 324 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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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	210
5 to 10	21
10 to 15	13
15 to 20	6
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1