Weather Records on 29 August 1942

654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1942. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 29 August 1942

On 29 August 1942, 654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 639 daily.
Oxford set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 29 August 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

654 stations

654 station records on 29 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amod	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indapur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khurja	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

654 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 372.

Records on 29 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	372
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 639.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1942

Top 20 records on 29 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1942	Oxford, GB	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Ewing, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Canton, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Stuart Mill State School, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Fosston 1 E, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Butte, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Bhir, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Drevja, NO	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Navapur, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Rockville, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Ada, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Moonambel, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Clunes, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	White Lake, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Tuena, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Stawell, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Lexton, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1942	Sheldon, US	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	36 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1942. 1942 had 654 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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Data for records on 1942-08-29: 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	452
10 to 20	65
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1