Weather Records on 29 September 1943

390 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1943. Highest significance: Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 September 1943

On 29 September 1943, 390 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 378 daily.
Germiston-Fj Payne Park set a monthly record daily precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 29 September 1943.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

390 stations

390 station records on 29 September 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uardry (Oolambeyan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dodballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

390 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 September 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 September 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

343 broken records

Margins by which the 343 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1943

Top 20 records on 29 September 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1943	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1943	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Sub-Nigel (Gm), ZA	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Ivanhoe (Wokabity), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Uardry (Oolambeyan), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Sangli, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Springfield, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Dullstroom (Sar), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Narrandera (Back Brewarrena), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Periakulam, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Springs (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Hay (Mulberrygong), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Pawhuska, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1943	Borroloola, AU	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	36 years	34 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

1836 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1943. 1943 had 390 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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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	260
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1