Weather Records on 29 August 1936

297 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1936. Highest significance: Valley Head, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 1936

On 29 August 1936, 297 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 288 daily.
Valley Head set an all-time record daily precipitation of 204.5 mm (8.1 in) on 29 August 1936.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

297 stations

297 station records on 29 August 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prathipadu	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malkangiri	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

297 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 125.

Records on 29 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 288.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

226 broken records

Margins by which the 226 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1936

Top 20 records on 29 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1936	Valley Head, US	all-time rain	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1936	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Prathipadu, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Alamur(Alamar), IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Coringa(Corinza), IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Ramachandrapuram, IN	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Peddapuram, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1936	Pithapuram, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1936	Johnstown, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1936	Runge, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1936	Kothapeta, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1936	Bhadrachalam, IN	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1936	Springfield Elmwood Av, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1936	North Lake, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	32 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1936. 1936 had 297 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 10	164
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2