Weather Records on 29 August 1979

581 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1979. Highest significance: Henderson 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 1979

On 29 August 1979, 581 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 559 daily.
Henderson 2 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 29 August 1979.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

581 stations

581 station records on 29 August 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morin Heights	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Herreras	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rhebokskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ameca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
L'Assomption	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doornfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericktown 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Churumuco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

581 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 29 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1979

Top 20 records on 29 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1979	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Delaware, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Los Reyes, MX	all-time rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Lawrence, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	110 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	La Union, MX	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Valle de Santiago, MX	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Orland, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Trenton, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	The Rock (Bullenbong), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Brejo Santo, BR	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Lawrenceville 3 E, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Petatlan, MX	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Russellville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Oelwein 2 S, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Independence, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	St Fereol, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1979	Cedarville, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	39 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1979. 1979 had 581 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 1979-08-29: 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	391
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1