Weather Records on 25 September 1929

158 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 September 1929. Highest significance: Forestburg 4 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 25 September 1929

On 25 September 1929, 158 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 151 daily.
Forestburg 4 NNE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.6 mm (4.1 in) on 25 September 1929.
Across 163 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

158 stations

158 station records on 25 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

158 records

Records set or tied on 25 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 64.

Records on 25 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

115 broken records

Margins by which the 115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 September 1929

Top 20 records on 25 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 September 1929	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1929	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1929	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1929	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1929	Selma, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1929	Lincoln Lock 4, US	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1929	Big Springs, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1929	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Marengo, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	New London, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Rugby, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Faribault, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Gadsden, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 September 1929	Clanton, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	24 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

1825 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1929. 1929 had 158 records.

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

Records on 09-25 in each year
Year	Records
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1857	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1884	3
1885	6
1886	1
1887	3
1889	7
1891	3
1893	7
1894	3
1895	5
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	10
1905	16
1906	7
1907	35
1908	20
1909	22
1910	5
1911	9
1912	63
1913	13
1914	15
1915	43
1916	139
1917	138
1918	16
1919	20
1920	75
1921	32
1922	47
1923	68
1924	157
1925	141
1926	740
1927	166
1928	480
1929	158
1930	489
1931	500
1932	260
1933	542
1934	394
1935	258
1936	274
1937	190
1938	335
1939	454
1940	517
1941	269
1942	970
1943	488
1944	246
1945	514
1946	292
1947	666
1948	501
1949	479
1950	1,163
1951	639
1952	515
1953	242
1954	292
1955	546
1956	503
1957	231
1958	454
1959	396
1960	694
1961	530
1962	305
1963	602
1964	403
1965	690
1966	334
1967	428
1968	300
1969	196
1970	783
1971	323
1972	706
1973	650
1974	995
1975	1,166
1976	541
1977	875
1978	462
1979	719
1980	687
1981	669
1982	759
1983	647
1984	1,305
1985	446
1986	1,766
1987	560
1988	571
1989	1,367
1990	875
1991	1,243
1992	1,346
1993	1,015
1994	666
1995	1,013
1996	648
1997	1,278
1998	1,346
1999	804
2000	1,536
2001	1,536
2002	876
2003	758
2004	519
2005	1,484
2006	767
2007	1,284
2008	766
2009	854
2010	1,125
2011	763
2012	505
2013	615
2014	800
2015	868
2016	781
2017	1,253
2018	648
2019	530
2020	1,089
2021	355
2022	301
2023	580
2024	1,120
2025	569
2026	473

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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 20	96
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1