Weather Records on 29 August 1960

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1960. Highest significance: Vasteras-Hasslo, SE.

Key Facts for 29 August 1960

On 29 August 1960, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 484 daily.
Vasteras-Hasslo set a daily record precipitation of 41.5 mm (1.6 in) on 29 August 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 29 August 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bairath	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell (Waare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rewari	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkasim	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 200.

Records on 29 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1960

Top 20 records on 29 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1960	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1960	Skegness, GB	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Polur, IN	monthly rain	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Palmerton, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Bairath, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	La Pryor, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Vriddhachalam, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	King City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Port Campbell (Waare), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Clarinda, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Madison, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1960	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	39 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1960. 1960 had 499 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	295
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1