Weather Records on 9 September 1929

362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1929. Highest significance: Prairie du Chien, US.

Key Facts for 9 September 1929

On 9 September 1929, 362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 361 daily.
Prairie du Chien set a daily record precipitation of 98.0 mm (3.9 in) on 9 September 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

362 stations

362 station records on 9 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baxter	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iron River	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

362 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 9 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1929

Top 20 records on 9 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1929	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1929	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1929	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1929	Buffalo, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1929	Paducah River, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1929	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1929	Darlington, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1929	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1929	Avon, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Warragul, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Galway, IE	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Port Arthur, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Paoli, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Baxter, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Bardstown, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Paducah, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Wellsboro, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Crosbyton, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1929	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	2 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

1806 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1929. 1929 had 362 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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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	244
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1