Weather Records on 29 September 1993

620 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1993. Highest significance: Sandbaken, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 September 1993

On 29 September 1993, 620 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 569 daily.
Sandbaken set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 29 September 1993.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

620 stations

620 station records on 29 September 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geranium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Arriaga (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karsakpaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murska Sobota-Rakican	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Mandacaru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aldama	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enmuveem	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Birr	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mitzic	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bold Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rzev	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zhangwu	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brindisi	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

620 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 197, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 September 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	197
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 September 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 49, daily 569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1993

Top 20 records on 29 September 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1993	Sandbaken, ZA	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1993	Henbury, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Cleve (Mangalo), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Nebo, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Parrakie, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Geranium, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Villa de Arriaga (Dge), MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Palmerville, AU	daily low max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Warsaw, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Baise, CN	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Leslie (Mun), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Kostroma, RU	monthly low max	0.8 C (33.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1993	Watersmeet, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1993	Mc Minnville, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1993	Kakinada, IN	all-time rain	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1993	Mascota (Smn), MX	monthly low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1993. 1993 had 620 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 1993-09-29: 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	403
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2