Weather Records on 29 August 1945

390 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1945. Highest significance: Hempstead, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 1945

On 29 August 1945, 390 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 383 daily.
Hempstead set a daily record precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 29 August 1945.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

390 stations

390 station records on 29 August 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kasganj	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hoosier Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 126 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

390 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 115.

Records on 29 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 383.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1945

Top 20 records on 29 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1945	Hempstead, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Austin Montopolis Brg, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Huntsville, US	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Janwada, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Anderson, US	daily rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Uthankarai, IN	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Tranqubar, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Bradford, GB	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Temple, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Soro, IN	daily rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Bedetti(Behali), IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Sivaganga, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Mexia, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Sultan Bazar, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Tittagudi, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Purnea, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1945	Burnet, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1945	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 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

1807 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1945. 1945 had 390 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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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	243
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2