Weather Records on 24 September 1929

137 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1929. Highest significance: Tucson WFO, US.

Key Facts for 24 September 1929

On 24 September 1929, 137 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 136 daily.
Tucson WFO set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 24 September 1929.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

137 stations

137 station records on 24 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

137 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 30.

Records on 24 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

96 broken records

Margins by which the 96 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1929

Top 20 records on 24 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1929	Tucson WFO, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1929	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1929	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1929	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Athens, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Bottineau, US	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Port Arthur, CA	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Savanne, CA	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	43 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Kimberly-de Beers, ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Bajramaly, TM	daily high min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	New London, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	7 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Estherville 4E, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Fayette, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1929	Bird Island, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	20 years	15 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

1803 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1929. 1929 had 137 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 September 1929
Margin	Records
0 to 10	87
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1