Weather Records on 29 August 1938

253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1938. Highest significance: Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE.

Key Facts for 29 August 1938

On 29 August 1938, 253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 249 daily.
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.) set a daily record precipitation of 45.4 mm (1.8 in) on 29 August 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

253 stations

253 station records on 29 August 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wofford Hts Kernville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

253 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 29 August 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1938

Top 20 records on 29 August 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1938	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Tunhovd, NO	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Karnah, IN	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Rauland, NO	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Goodland, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Dhulia, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Florence, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Rjukan, NO	daily rain	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Maristova, NO	all-time rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1938	Aachen, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1938	Mount Lofty Summit, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1938	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1938	Geilo, NO	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1938	Uman, UA	daily high min	19.8 C (67.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1938	Vang I Valdres, NO	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1938	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1938	Igatpuri, IN	daily rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1938	Chita, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	29 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1938. 1938 had 253 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	157
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1