Weather Records on 13 September 1929

187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1929. Highest significance: Decatur 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 13 September 1929

On 13 September 1929, 187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 178 daily.
Decatur 1 N set a daily record precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 13 September 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

187 stations

187 station records on 13 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

187 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 78.

Records on 13 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

150 broken records

Margins by which the 150 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1929

Top 20 records on 13 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1929	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1929	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1929	Florence, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1929	Bologna, IT	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1929	Gadsden, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1929	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1929	Sewanee, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1929	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1929	Cairo River, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Carthage, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Madison, US	all-time rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Helena, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Fulton, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Wheeling (1), US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Clinton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1929	Kingston, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 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

1793 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 187 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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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	106
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1