Weather Records on 29 August 1990

1,009 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1990. Highest significance: Blankenrath, DE.

Key Facts for 29 August 1990

On 29 August 1990, 1,009 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
695 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 994 daily.
Blankenrath set a daily record precipitation of 50.5 mm (2.0 in) on 29 August 1990.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,009 stations

1,009 station records on 29 August 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Itaobim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	144.6 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laranja da Terra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manina (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Namiquipa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,009 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 419, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 262.

Records on 29 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	419
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 994.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

749 broken records

Margins by which the 749 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1990

Top 20 records on 29 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1990	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1990	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1990	Itaobim, BR	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Winthrop UNIV, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	New Castle 3 SW, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Americus, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Mtunzini, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Southport 5 N, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Williamstown, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Cordele, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Huimin, CN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Anderson Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Ness City, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Soldier Summit, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Caninde, BR	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Tsolo, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1990	Ness City, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 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

1807 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1990. 1990 had 1,009 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 1990-08-29: 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	675
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	3