Weather Records on 29 September 2015

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 2015. Highest significance: Olney 2S, US.

Key Facts for 29 September 2015

On 29 September 2015, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
496 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 710 daily.
Olney 2S set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 29 September 2015.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

724 stations

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

Weather records on 29 September 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira Corning Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Radford 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Menara	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Academy Aso	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reidsville 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Lopatka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalturovosk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cali/Alfonso Bonill	Colombia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tjukalinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilmore Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 345, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 September 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	345
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 September 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 710.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 2015

Top 20 records on 29 September 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 2015	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 September 2015	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Parkersburg AP, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Elmira Corning Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Pittsburgh ASOS, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Njaksimvol, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Audubon, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	121 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Zharkent, KZ	daily low min	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Radford 3 N, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Chilton, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Whitefish Pt, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Menara, MA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Ajo, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Houlton AP, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Perm, RU	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 2015	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	130 years	41 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

1836 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 2015. 2015 had 724 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 2015-09-29: 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	519
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2