Weather Records on 29 September 1988

554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1988. Highest significance: Perth Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 September 1988

On 29 September 1988, 554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 528 daily.
Perth Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 29 September 1988.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

554 stations

554 station records on 29 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pedro Leopoldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yanchep	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Do Ibitipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kwinana Bp Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
West Swan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abelardo L. Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zuni	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loma Fina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sretensk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yautepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

554 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 303.

Records on 29 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1988

Top 20 records on 29 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1988	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1988	Hillcroft, AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1988	Pedro Leopoldo, BR	monthly rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1988	Perth Airport, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Armadale, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Wooroloo, AU	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	111 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Kalamunda, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Melville, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Yanchep, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Algona, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Bunnan (Milhaven), AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Conceicao Do Ibitipoca, BR	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1988	Perry, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	41 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1988. 1988 had 554 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 1988-09-29: 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 10	376
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2