Weather Records on 29 August 1950

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1950. Highest significance: Brockville, CA.

Key Facts for 29 August 1950

On 29 August 1950, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 538 daily.
Brockville set a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 29 August 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 29 August 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bharatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Papkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Knowlton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 352.

Records on 29 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1950

Top 20 records on 29 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1950	Brockville, CA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Attur, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Bharatpur, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Grimsby Rock Chapel, CA	all-time rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Papkuil, ZA	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	St Catharines, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Milan, IT	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	142 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Kommissiepoort, ZA	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Hamirpur, IN	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Jalesar, IN	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Kuilput, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Iglas, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Progress, ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1950	Cramond, Albert Fall, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 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

1807 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1950. 1950 had 557 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 10	339
10 to 20	78
20 to 30	37
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3