Weather Records on 22 September 1929

166 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1929. Highest significance: Santa Fe, US.

Key Facts for 22 September 1929

On 22 September 1929, 166 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 157 daily.
Santa Fe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.3 mm (2.7 in) on 22 September 1929.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

166 stations

166 station records on 22 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kialla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

166 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 31.

Records on 22 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

121 broken records

Margins by which the 121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1929

Top 20 records on 22 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1929	Santa Fe, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1929	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Los Lunas, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Lake City 2 E, US	monthly low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Federal Pt, US	monthly low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Newberry, US	monthly low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Bajramaly, TM	daily high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Tashkent, UZ	daily high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	New Westminster, CA	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Cowles, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Box Creek Tank, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Cowles, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	monthly low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	19 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Springer, US	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1929	Louisburg, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	18 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 166 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	109
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1