Weather Records on 29 September 1949

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1949. Highest significance: Arcadia, US.

Key Facts for 29 September 1949

On 29 September 1949, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 376 daily.
Arcadia set a daily record precipitation of 172.0 mm (6.8 in) on 29 September 1949.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 29 September 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadra	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sardarshahar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rani(Ranigoda)	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ankleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 128.

Records on 29 September 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1949

Top 20 records on 29 September 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1949	Arcadia, US	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	115.9 mm (4.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1949	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1949	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1949	Plant City, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1949	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1949	St Augustine, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Oshkosh, US	monthly low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Bhadra, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Sardarshahar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	New Hampton, US	monthly low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Green Bay, US	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Gobindpur, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Isleworth, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Pawhuska, US	monthly low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Bairgania, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	The Dalles, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1949	Banka, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	27 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1949. 1949 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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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	275
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1