Weather Records on 29 August 2017

1,162 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 2017. Highest significance: Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 2017

On 29 August 2017, 1,162 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
585 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 1,077 daily.
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP set an all-time record daily precipitation of 661.2 mm (26.0 in) on 29 August 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,162 stations

1,162 station records on 29 August 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	661.2 mm (26.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Port Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	525.8 mm (20.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	301.2 mm (11.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Honolulu Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lipeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rjazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Almeria/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goedereede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grosse Pointe Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brouwershaven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Old Town Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kountze	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brielle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haamstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Martinville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Intercontinental AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pindar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Helvoet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orange 9 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,162 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 325, Lowest daily maximum 186, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 29 August 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	325
Lowest daily maximum	186
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 2017 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 77, daily 1,077.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

935 broken records

Margins by which the 935 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 354.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 2017

Top 20 records on 29 August 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2017	Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP, US	all-time rain	661.2 mm (26.0 in)	354.1 mm (13.9 in)	53 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 August 2017	Liberty, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	94 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Port Arthur City, US	all-time rain	525.8 mm (20.7 in)	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	36 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Mullewa, AU	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Ogilvie, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Baytown, US	daily rain	301.2 mm (11.9 in)	173.7 mm (6.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Houston N Houston, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Jasper, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Galveston Scholes Fld, US	daily rain	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	139.5 mm (5.5 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Yuna, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Honolulu Intl AP, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Bhaunagar, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Williamsburg 2 N, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Lipeck, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Norfolk NAS, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2017	Hoshangabad, IN	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	99 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2017	Beaumont Rsch Ctr, US	daily rain	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2017	El Campo, US	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	58 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2017. 2017 had 1,162 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	909
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1