Weather Records on 29 August 1952

345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1952. Highest significance: Haswell, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 1952

On 29 August 1952, 345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 334 daily.
Haswell set an all-time record daily precipitation of 95.8 mm (3.8 in) on 29 August 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

345 stations

345 station records on 29 August 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

345 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 29 August 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1952

Top 20 records on 29 August 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1952	Haswell, US	all-time rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Centralia, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Muhammadpur, IN	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Harlan, US	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Springdale, CA	monthly snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Richfield, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Marianna Sch For Boys, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Orangeville, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Astana, KZ	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Danevang 1 W, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Piler(Pileru), IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Kangayam, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Hillsdown, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Azamgarh, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1952	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1952	Sealy, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 August 1952	Mulbagal, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	32 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1952. 1952 had 345 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	231
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1