Weather Records on 29 September 2008

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 2008. Highest significance: Jesus del Monte, MX.

Key Facts for 29 September 2008

On 29 September 2008, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 426 daily.
Jesus del Monte set an all-time record daily precipitation of 96.8 mm (3.8 in) on 29 September 2008.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 29 September 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Helgoland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benito Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matsue	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acapetlahuaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vicente Guerrero	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Despoblado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sakai	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hikone	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okayama	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Egersund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gore	Ethiopia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vicente Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halesovaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Tlapacoyan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laryak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hilok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnij_Baskuncak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Comalcalco (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irozaki	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yokkaichi	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Ground	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nagano	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Katsuura	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamada	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bredy	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lukachukai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 65.

Records on 29 September 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 2008

Top 20 records on 29 September 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 2008	Jesus del Monte, MX	all-time rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Palenque (Dge), MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Helgoland, DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Calera, MX	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Benito Juarez, MX	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Stuart, US	monthly low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Susanville 2SW, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Lindley 2N, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	N'Guigni, NE	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Freiburg, DE	daily low min	1.3 C (34.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Matsue, JP	monthly low max	16.6 C (61.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Acapetlahuaya, MX	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Vicente Guerrero, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Aguirre, PR	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Berlin, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Quito, MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Quartzsite, US	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2008	Yonago, JP	monthly low max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	34 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 2008. 2008 had 461 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 2008-09-29: 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 20	302
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1