Weather Records on 29 August 1991

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1991. Highest significance: Indore, IN.

Key Facts for 29 August 1991

On 29 August 1991, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
537 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 789 daily.
Indore set a monthly record daily precipitation of 371.1 mm (14.6 in) on 29 August 1991.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 29 August 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	371.1 mm (14.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Znamianka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Staryj Oskol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Obojan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Martin Chalchicuautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grayland	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elwha Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pauoa Flats 784	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Certkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Lucas Ojitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winder 4S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 231, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 161.

Records on 29 August 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	231
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1991 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 161.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1991

Top 20 records on 29 August 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1991	Indore, IN	monthly rain	371.1 mm (14.6 in)	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	62 years	77 of 100 (Major)
29 August 1991	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Znamianka, UA	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Aberdeen, US	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Staryj Oskol, RU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Belgorod, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Coimbra, PT	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Obojan, RU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Marquette, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Anadarko 3 E, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Brackettville, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Soledad de Doblado, MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	San Martin Chalchicuautla, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Atil, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1991	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	54 years	35 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1991. 1991 had 806 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 25	508
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1