Weather Records on 29 September 1968

184 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1968. Highest significance: Mannargudi, IN.

Key Facts for 29 September 1968

On 29 September 1968, 184 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 180 daily.
Mannargudi set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 29 September 1968.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

184 stations

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

Weather records on 29 September 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Voroncovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arzgir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Anicut	India	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magadan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeranie (Cowarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troitsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noongall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alberga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kozevnikovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fig Tree	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Samara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bicura	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

184 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 29 September 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 180.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1968

Top 20 records on 29 September 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1968	Mannargudi, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1968	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1968	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1968	Ozernaja, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1968	Voroncovka, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1968	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1968	Jammalamadugu, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1968	Baramati, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Arzgir, RU	monthly rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Tanana AP, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Tartu, EE	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Sac City, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Eraniel, IN	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Andenes, NO	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Karunagapalli, IN	daily rain	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Grand Anicut, IN	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Boone, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Heggaddevankote, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	67 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1968	Jath, IN	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	25 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

1836 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1968. 1968 had 184 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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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	133
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1