Weather Records on 29 August 2002

921 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 2002. Highest significance: Elba, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 2002

On 29 August 2002, 921 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
442 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 893 daily.
Elba set a daily record precipitation of 134.4 mm (5.3 in) on 29 August 2002.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

921 stations

921 station records on 29 August 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Svinoy Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corfu	Greece	Record daily precipitation	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corbin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chamal Nuevo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Blanca 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchichimila	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Ave V Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Haven Tweed AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cinco Seores	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nattavaara_By	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gordonsville 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	185.2 mm (7.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

921 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 163, Highest daily minimum 264, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 29 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	163
Highest daily minimum	264
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 893.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 2002

Top 20 records on 29 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2002	Elba, US	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 August 2002	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2002	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2002	Svinoy Fyr, NO	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Coloso, PR	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Mineola, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Jfk Intl AP, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Corfu, GR	monthly rain	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Purcellville, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Corbin, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Tyndall, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Ringwood, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Durham, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Staunton Wtp, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Geisenheim, DE	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Carapan, MX	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2002	Chamal Nuevo, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 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

1807 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2002. 2002 had 921 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	889
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	651
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2