Weather Records on 29 August 2012

901 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 2012. Highest significance: New Orleans Audubon, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 2012

On 29 August 2012, 901 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
651 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 867 daily.
New Orleans Audubon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 235.2 mm (9.3 in) on 29 August 2012.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

901 stations

901 station records on 29 August 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
New Orleans AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Harbin	China	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Koigorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Abita Springs Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oparino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donetsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quirio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Obojan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tecuala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Honavar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

901 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 355, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 296, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 29 August 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	355
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	296
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 2012 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 30, daily 867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 2012

Top 20 records on 29 August 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2012	New Orleans Audubon, US	monthly rain	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 August 2012	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2012	Urjupinsk, RU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2012	New Orleans AP, US	monthly rain	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2012	Harbin, CN	monthly rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2012	Pascagoula 3 NE, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2012	Koigorodok, RU	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Changchun, CN	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Abita Springs Fire Twr, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Sullivans Is, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Nikolsk, RU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Woodville 4 ESE, US	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Kursk, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Cotulla la Salle Co AP, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Oparino, RU	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Lerwick, GB	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Ekaterino-Nikolskoe, RU	daily rain	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2012	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	45 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2012. 2012 had 901 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2012-08-29: 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 2026-10-14 (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	598
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2