Weather Records on 29 September 1958

309 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1958. Highest significance: Dingley Dell, AU.

Key Facts for 29 September 1958

On 29 September 1958, 309 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 299 daily.
Dingley Dell set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 29 September 1958.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

309 stations

309 station records on 29 September 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dingley Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur City	India	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nangetty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perangery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Korrelocking Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hasanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jammu (In-AFB)	India	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuh	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kishangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mat	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigram	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khandhla	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

309 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 29 September 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1958

Top 20 records on 29 September 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1958	Dingley Dell, AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1958	Bullfinch, AU	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1958	Nungarin, AU	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Mingenew, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Ferozepur City, IN	daily rain	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Nangetty, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Perangery, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Salmon Gums, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Jerome, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Ramgarh, IN	daily rain	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Chhota Kosi, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Guna, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Korrelocking Post Office, AU	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1958	Tijara, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	35 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1958. 1958 had 309 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 1958-09-29: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	220
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2