Weather Records on 30 September 1929

181 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 September 1929. Highest significance: Hanover (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 30 September 1929

On 30 September 1929, 181 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 172 daily.
Hanover (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 30 September 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

181 stations

181 station records on 30 September 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 September 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ascot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

181 records

Records set or tied on 30 September 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 117.

Records on 30 September 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 September 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 181.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 September 1929

Top 20 records on 30 September 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 September 1929	Hanover (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 September 1929	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Venterstad, ZA	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Ellesmere, ZA	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Herschel, ZA	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Asheville, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 September 1929	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Howlong Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 September 1929	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	30 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

1806 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1929. 1929 had 181 records.

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

Records on 09-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1813	1
1817	1
1819	2
1834	1
1841	1
1842	1
1847	1
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1868	2
1869	3
1870	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	5
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	8
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	4
1901	11
1902	7
1903	9
1904	14
1905	25
1906	14
1907	16
1908	18
1909	10
1910	5
1911	47
1912	47
1913	10
1914	33
1915	84
1916	209
1917	19
1918	45
1919	28
1920	71
1921	61
1922	71
1923	183
1924	243
1925	211
1926	194
1927	486
1928	560
1929	181
1930	110
1931	225
1932	363
1933	437
1934	398
1935	209
1936	432
1937	417
1938	428
1939	371
1940	316
1941	482
1942	405
1943	404
1944	369
1945	889
1946	320
1947	433
1948	267
1949	366
1950	731
1951	597
1952	504
1953	1,136
1954	1,059
1955	406
1956	350
1957	663
1958	442
1959	1,159
1960	161
1961	618
1962	202
1963	818
1964	332
1965	459
1966	592
1967	859
1968	449
1969	465
1970	334
1971	1,359
1972	676
1973	407
1974	742
1975	686
1976	775
1977	870
1978	399
1979	479
1980	832
1981	688
1982	806
1983	1,102
1984	1,267
1985	1,892
1986	1,805
1987	649
1988	453
1989	713
1990	665
1991	949
1992	980
1993	988
1994	816
1995	1,061
1996	1,396
1997	729
1998	1,206
1999	1,144
2000	887
2001	699
2002	677
2003	1,079
2004	573
2005	761
2006	617
2007	841
2008	585
2009	826
2010	1,059
2011	1,258
2012	637
2013	634
2014	529
2015	997
2016	746
2017	404
2018	717
2019	2,192
2020	554
2021	823
2022	563
2023	1,012
2024	948
2025	559
2026	523

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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 25	149
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1