Weather Records on 3 September 1929

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1929. Highest significance: Winnibigoshish Dam, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1929

On 3 September 1929, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 361 daily.
Winnibigoshish Dam set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 3 September 1929.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 3 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 78.

Records on 3 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 68, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1929

Top 20 records on 3 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1929	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1929	Willow City, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1929	Bologna, IT	daily high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1929	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1929	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1929	Menno, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1929	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Brazoria, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Howard, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Portland, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Oxford, GB	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Elko Rgnl AP, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Alta, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Mackinaw City 2, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Salzburg, AT	monthly high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Tucson WFO, US	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Blue Hill Coop, US	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1929	Jim Thorpe, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	26 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

1811 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1929. 1929 had 431 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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	299
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3