Weather Records on 29 September 1941

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1941. Highest significance: Cloudcroft, US.

Key Facts for 29 September 1941

On 29 September 1941, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 488 daily.
Cloudcroft set an all-time record daily precipitation of 132.1 mm (5.2 in) on 29 September 1941.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 29 September 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gallinas Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	134.7 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kismet Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 September 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1941 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1941

Top 20 records on 29 September 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1941	Cloudcroft, US	all-time rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1941	Tularosa, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Ancho, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Springerville, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Ramnagar, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Gallinas Rs, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	El Dorado, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Espanola, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Tres Piedras, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Blayney (Vittoria), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Kareekloof, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Jetmore, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Palayankottai, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Mountainair, US	all-time rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Truchas, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Wichita, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Sterkspruit, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Lamar, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1941	Norwich, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	37 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

1836 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1941. 1941 had 511 records.

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

Records on 09-29 in each year
Year	Records
1836	1
1843	1
1854	2
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	9
1900	3
1901	7
1902	14
1903	11
1904	26
1905	11
1906	16
1907	26
1908	20
1909	10
1910	10
1911	64
1912	27
1913	20
1914	24
1915	43
1916	184
1917	19
1918	36
1919	38
1920	22
1921	148
1922	33
1923	89
1924	264
1925	166
1926	195
1927	236
1928	212
1929	243
1930	71
1931	204
1932	234
1933	353
1934	394
1935	188
1936	399
1937	276
1938	423
1939	407
1940	346
1941	511
1942	858
1943	390
1944	398
1945	899
1946	265
1947	467
1948	334
1949	398
1950	472
1951	475
1952	404
1953	1,079
1954	814
1955	375
1956	380
1957	636
1958	309
1959	1,066
1960	143
1961	447
1962	481
1963	996
1964	1,154
1965	689
1966	498
1967	1,250
1968	184
1969	279
1970	629
1971	797
1972	637
1973	769
1974	730
1975	365
1976	636
1977	800
1978	569
1979	581
1980	874
1981	747
1982	911
1983	920
1984	1,447
1985	1,789
1986	1,624
1987	641
1988	554
1989	710
1990	416
1991	747
1992	833
1993	620
1994	967
1995	1,033
1996	1,356
1997	683
1998	1,295
1999	1,440
2000	965
2001	846
2002	557
2003	924
2004	754
2005	1,163
2006	695
2007	929
2008	461
2009	700
2010	1,110
2011	1,572
2012	737
2013	623
2014	548
2015	724
2016	912
2017	433
2018	582
2019	2,193
2020	444
2021	790
2022	600
2023	866
2024	1,391
2025	516
2026	544

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Data for records on 1941-09-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	331
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1