Weather Records on 29 August 1931

181 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1931. Highest significance: Lugansk, UA.

Key Facts for 29 August 1931

On 29 August 1931, 181 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 174 daily.
Lugansk set a daily record precipitation of 56.8 mm (2.2 in) on 29 August 1931.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

181 stations

181 station records on 29 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Siwana	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheo	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bhim (Dawer)	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wankaner	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pachpadra	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra Junction (Gilderoy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farukhnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

181 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 83.

Records on 29 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

141 broken records

Margins by which the 141 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1931

Top 20 records on 29 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1931	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1931	Sachor, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1931	Siwana, IN	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1931	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1931	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1931	Caguas, PR	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1931	Jalore, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Sheo, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Ramgarh, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Bhim (Dawer), IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	St Augustine, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Biser, RU	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Bali, IN	all-time rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Tanjavur, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Lanji, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Timovskoe, RU	daily low min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Collbran, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1931	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	25 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

1807 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1931. 1931 had 181 records.

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

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

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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	120
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3