Weather Records on 29 September 1955

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1955. Highest significance: Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 September 1955

On 29 September 1955, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 359 daily.
Durban-Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 94.7 mm (3.7 in) on 29 September 1955.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 29 September 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkestone, Howick	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 September 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 359.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1955

Top 20 records on 29 September 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1955	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1955	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1955	Kloofend, ZA	daily rain	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Karwar, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Ixmiquilpan (Smn), MX	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Colachel Salt Fa, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Vaikom, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Nilambur, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Franklin 2 NNE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Effingham 3SW, US	all-time rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Diamond Harbour, IN	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Camperdown, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Newton 6 SSE, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Umlaas Waterworks, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Sawoti, ZA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Casey, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1955	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	37 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1955. 1955 had 375 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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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 10	208
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	4
70 to 80	1