Weather Records on 29 October 1916

34 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1916. Highest significance: Fir Glen, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 October 1916

On 29 October 1916, 34 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 34 daily.
Fir Glen set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 29 October 1916.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

34 stations

34 station records on 29 October 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

34 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1916 by type: Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 30.

Records on 29 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 34.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

31 broken records

Margins by which the 31 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 36.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1916

Top 20 records on 29 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1916	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1916	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1916	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1916	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1916	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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

1837 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1916. 1916 had 34 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-29 in each year
Year	Records
1837	1
1846	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	11
1891	3
1892	3
1894	1
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	10
1903	4
1904	4
1905	9
1906	16
1907	15
1908	22
1909	22
1910	79
1911	10
1912	32
1913	67
1914	13
1915	47
1916	34
1917	74
1918	97
1919	53
1920	39
1921	49
1922	150
1923	85
1924	120
1925	698
1926	120
1927	350
1928	125
1929	226
1930	333
1931	199
1932	195
1933	301
1934	169
1935	553
1936	313
1937	919
1938	199
1939	159
1940	484
1941	284
1942	408
1943	256
1944	427
1945	471
1946	1,140
1947	323
1948	281
1949	434
1950	794
1951	203
1952	759
1953	529
1954	316
1955	477
1956	440
1957	379
1958	346
1959	740
1960	282
1961	792
1962	536
1963	422
1964	371
1965	575
1966	264
1967	382
1968	686
1969	679
1970	630
1971	1,773
1972	954
1973	602
1974	958
1975	387
1976	1,006
1977	474
1978	297
1979	488
1980	936
1981	474
1982	655
1983	287
1984	1,540
1985	874
1986	361
1987	940
1988	729
1989	1,033
1990	677
1991	2,609
1992	1,082
1993	868
1994	715
1995	693
1996	1,169
1997	1,155
1998	900
1999	791
2000	1,238
2001	965
2002	1,139
2003	1,406
2004	1,562
2005	974
2006	1,097
2007	1,120
2008	1,547
2009	1,250
2010	547
2011	852
2012	1,389
2013	774
2014	585
2015	553
2016	965
2017	979
2018	550
2019	1,902
2020	1,228
2021	812
2022	1,034
2023	1,264
2024	1,067
2025	419

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	14
5 to 10	2
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1