Weather Records on 29 August 1968

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1968. Highest significance: Canyon, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 1968

On 29 August 1968, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 448 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 74 monthly and 812 daily.
Canyon set an all-time record daily precipitation of 199.9 mm (7.9 in) on 29 August 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 29 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Volodarskoe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Javlenka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenheim/Brenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 173, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 275, Heaviest daily rainfall 359.

Records on 29 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	173
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	275
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 74, daily 812.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1968

Top 20 records on 29 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1968	Canyon, US	all-time rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1968	Axel, NL	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	St Augustine, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Beaver, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Oatlands, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Talbotton, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Cudgegong (Kiora), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Volodarskoe, KZ	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Hooker, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Bowdle, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Berkeley, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Javlenka, KZ	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Concord, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1968	Heidenheim/Brenz, DE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	42 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1968. 1968 had 887 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).