Weather Records on 29 September 1944

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1944. Highest significance: Rugby, US.

Key Facts for 29 September 1944

On 29 September 1944, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 367 daily.
Rugby set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.7 mm (4.9 in) on 29 September 1944.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 29 September 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irene Mtn Wauconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Byrdstown 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New River	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White Salmon 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 18.

Records on 29 September 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

332 broken records

Margins by which the 332 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1944

Top 20 records on 29 September 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1944	Rugby, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1944	Waynesboro, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1944	Knoxville AP, US	monthly rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Coupeville 1 S, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Carthage, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Brookings, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Palmetto, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Celina, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Kuturi, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Burnside, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Osceola, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Irene Mtn Wauconda, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	monthly rain	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	monthly rain	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Dickson, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Kingston, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Rogersville 1 NE, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1944	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1944. 1944 had 398 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 1944-09-29: 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 20	293
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2