Weather Records on 29 September 1976

636 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1976. Highest significance: Ventura, US.

Key Facts for 29 September 1976

On 29 September 1976, 636 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 587 daily.
Ventura set a monthly record daily precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 29 September 1976.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

636 stations

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

Weather records on 29 September 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Haig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Hill 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boa Vista Do Tupim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fran?A	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hernandez 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lajedinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Creek Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barra da Estiva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nieves	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Itapebi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Princesa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sayre 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Banos Arburua Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coalinga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Prietos Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

636 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 September 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 September 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 49, daily 587.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1976

Top 20 records on 29 September 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1976	Ventura, US	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	78 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1976	Irara, BR	monthly rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1976	Oxnard, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1976	Haig, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1976	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1976	Stockton Fire STN 4, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1976	Ojai, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1976	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1976	Los Banos, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Soledad, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Juncal Dam, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Santa Paula, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Morgan Hill 2 E, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Boa Vista Do Tupim, BR	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Paso Robles, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Fran?A, BR	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Hernandez 2 NW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Livingston 2 NNE, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Santa Barbara, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1976	Pt Mugu Nf, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	46 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

1836 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1976. 1976 had 636 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 20	497
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1