Weather Records on 29 August 1974

874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1974. Highest significance: Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 29 August 1974

On 29 August 1974, 874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 848 daily.
Queanbeyan Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 53.2 mm (2.1 in) on 29 August 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

874 stations

874 station records on 29 August 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Riversdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Umeralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pierces Creek Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bathurst (Somerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sumidouro-Usina Sao Jorge	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

874 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 527.

Records on 29 August 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	527
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1974 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 848.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1974

Top 20 records on 29 August 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1974	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Arcadia, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	daily rain	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Nerriga Composite, AU	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	Tambo Crossing, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1974	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1974	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1974	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1974	Iola 1 W, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1974	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1974	Hall (Lochleigh), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	56 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1974. 1974 had 874 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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Data for records on 1974-08-29: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	598
20 to 40	80
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4