Weather Records on 29 September 1942

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1942. Highest significance: Parsa, IN.

Key Facts for 29 September 1942

On 29 September 1942, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 659 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 199 monthly and 656 daily.
Parsa set an all-time record daily precipitation of 266.7 mm (10.5 in) on 29 September 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

858 stations

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

Weather records on 29 September 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parsa	India	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ranka	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bishrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koath	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sikraul	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minapur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deo	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 499, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 September 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	499
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1942 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 199, daily 656.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 192.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1942

Top 20 records on 29 September 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1942	Parsa, IN	all-time rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1942	Ranka, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Darbhanga, IN	daily rain	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Patna Obsy, IN	daily rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Aurangabad, IN	daily rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	177.6 mm (7.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Daudnagar(Haspur), IN	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	126.3 mm (5.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Dehri, IN	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Benipatti, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Supaul, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Hariharganj, IN	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Bishrampur, IN	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Ageon, IN	daily rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Nabinagar, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Hajipur, IN	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Koath, IN	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Dinapur Sr, IN	all-time rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Ramnagar, IN	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Islampur, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1942	Chanchal, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	39 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1942. 1942 had 858 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 1942-09-29: 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 25	586
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2