Weather Records on 29 August 1976

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1976. Highest significance: Kondinin, AU.

Key Facts for 29 August 1976

On 29 August 1976, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 516 daily.
Kondinin set a daily record precipitation of 25.2 mm (1.0 in) on 29 August 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 29 August 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kondinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Karlgarin Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canastota	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Togul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centerburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cartwright	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wind River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jocotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 29 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1976

Top 20 records on 29 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1976	Kondinin, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Karlgarin Hill, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Clarke City, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Canastota, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Bijsk Zonalnaja, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Collins, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Togul, RU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Genoa, IT	daily rain	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Orebro, SE	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Spencer, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Centerburg, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Jackson 3 NW, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Marquette, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Ft Sumner, US	monthly low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	88 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1976	Beaver, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 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

1807 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1976. 1976 had 547 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 1976-08-29: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	363
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1