Weather Records on 29 September 1987

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1987. Highest significance: Tabankulu (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 September 1987

On 29 September 1987, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 613 daily.
Tabankulu (Bos) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 142.0 mm (5.6 in) on 29 September 1987.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

641 stations

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

Weather records on 29 September 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein, Franklin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhurst Est, Umzint	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	180.7 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brynawe, Paddock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hope Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Florida	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neozhidannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bombana (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aquiles Serdan 46	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jolalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jose Cardel	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Barker	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 241.

Records on 29 September 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

510 broken records

Margins by which the 510 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1987

Top 20 records on 29 September 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1987	Tabankulu (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1987	Mvenyane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1987	Chimoio, MZ	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	monthly rain	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Bokfontein, Franklin, ZA	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Flagstaff (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Tanhurst Est, Umzint, ZA	daily rain	180.7 mm (7.1 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Wilsons Reservoir, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Glenora, ZA	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Gage, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Eureka, ZA	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Brynawe, Paddock, ZA	daily rain	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Hope Vale, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Creswick, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Huichapan, MX	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Rinconada, MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Sawoti, ZA	daily rain	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1987	Nevada City, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	43 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1987. 1987 had 641 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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Data for records on 1987-09-29: 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 20	471
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1