Weather Records on 29 September 1981

747 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1981. Highest significance: Apatzingan (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 29 September 1981

On 29 September 1981, 747 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 709 daily.
Apatzingan (Smn) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 188.5 mm (7.4 in) on 29 September 1981.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

747 stations

747 station records on 29 September 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshuld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hagenbuchach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Grullo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Louis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kasa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ejutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weismain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Vasileva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lautertal-Oberlauter	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

747 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 September 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 September 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1981

Top 20 records on 29 September 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1981	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	all-time rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 September 1981	Nguiu, AU	monthly rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1981	Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Sodankyla AWS, FI	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Kuujjuarapik A, CA	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Karlshuld, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Hagenbuchach, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	El Grullo, MX	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Hatteras, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Corozal Substn, PR	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Weihenstephan-Durnast, DE	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Mont Louis, CA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Kasa, SE	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Dillingen/Donau-Fristingen, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Union de Tula, MX	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Bencuti (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1981	Jefferson, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	38 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1981. 1981 had 747 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	574
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1