Weather Records on 29 August 2015

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 2015. Highest significance: Petersburg 1, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 2015

On 29 August 2015, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
489 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 781 daily.
Petersburg 1 set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 29 August 2015.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

798 stations

798 station records on 29 August 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Njandoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Bay (Lauriston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tulelake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tubuai	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Padany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longley (Telopea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucaston (Bakers Creek Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dinther	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ukhta Kalevala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vozega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saddle Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbard	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Margate (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 August 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 2015

Top 20 records on 29 August 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2015	Petersburg 1, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2015	Zearing, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	110 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2015	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2015	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2015	Njandoma, RU	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Eldora, US	monthly rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Nanning, CN	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Choshi, JP	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	daily rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Talbotton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Woodbridge, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Bull Bay (Lauriston), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Sokode, TG	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Tulelake, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Tubuai, PF	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Padany, RU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Mesa, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2015	Indio Fire STN, US	daily high min	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	47 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2015. 2015 had 798 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 20	601
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1