Weather Records on 29 August 1987

659 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1987. Highest significance: Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU.

Key Facts for 29 August 1987

On 29 August 1987, 659 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
287 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 629 daily.
Dawson (Anda-Vale) set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 29 August 1987.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

659 stations

659 station records on 29 August 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lovozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cacequi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Lourenco Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Allende	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sortavala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ejido Reata	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aniak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dailey 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atenguillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

659 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 147, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 August 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	147
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 August 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 629.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 148.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1987

Top 20 records on 29 August 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1987	Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1987	Berowra (Goodwyn Road), AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1987	Lovozero, RU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1987	Ust-Moma, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Pira Wild Horse Plains, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Cacequi, BR	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Sao Lourenco Do Sul, BR	monthly rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Ignacio Allende, MX	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Sortavala, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Paulding, US	monthly low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Montpelier, US	monthly low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	The Channon, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Nueva Esperanza, MX	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Saint Leo, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	St Petersburg, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1987	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	37 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1987. 1987 had 659 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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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	438
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1