Weather Records on 29 August 1940

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1940. Highest significance: Rock House, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 1940

On 29 August 1940, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 358 daily.
Rock House set an all-time record daily precipitation of 333.5 mm (13.1 in) on 29 August 1940.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 29 August 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	333.5 mm (13.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	428.8 mm (16.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	407.4 mm (16.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	346.7 mm (13.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Etah	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	343.4 mm (13.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	321.6 mm (12.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chandauli	India	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bishrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagerutari	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chand	India	Record daily precipitation	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	232.2 mm (9.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kerakat	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 177.

Records on 29 August 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1940 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 28, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1940

Top 20 records on 29 August 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1940	Rock House, US	all-time rain	333.5 mm (13.1 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1940	Saidpur Bhitari, IN	all-time rain	428.8 mm (16.9 in)	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	18 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1940	Sherghati, IN	all-time rain	407.4 mm (16.0 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	23 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1940	Ghazipur, IN	all-time rain	346.7 mm (13.6 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	2 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1940	Manoharpur, IN	monthly rain	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1940	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Chunar, IN	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Etah, IN	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Varanasi, IN	monthly rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Zamana, IN	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Aurangabad, IN	all-time rain	343.4 mm (13.5 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Varanasi, IN	all-time rain	321.6 mm (12.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Deogaon Lalganj, IN	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Harrison 1 NNW, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Bassawan, IN	daily rain	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1940	Clemson UNIV, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1940. 1940 had 395 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	261
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	3