Weather Records on 5 September 1929

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1929. Highest significance: Weissenfels, DE.

Key Facts for 5 September 1929

On 5 September 1929, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 365 daily.
Weissenfels set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 5 September 1929.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 5 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 107.

Records on 5 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

303 broken records

Margins by which the 303 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1929

Top 20 records on 5 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1929	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Keilands, ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Ida, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Ft Morgan, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1929	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Gorlitz, DE	monthly high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Escondido, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Steffenville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Muenster, DE	monthly high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1929	Adel, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	24 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

1802 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1929. 1929 had 371 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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Data for records on 1929-09-05: 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 5	215
5 to 10	37
10 to 15	17
15 to 20	11
20 to 25	12
25 to 30	5
30 to 35	6