Weather Records on 29 October 1917

74 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1917. Highest significance: Zagreb-Gric, HR.

Key Facts for 29 October 1917

On 29 October 1917, 74 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 67 daily.
Zagreb-Gric set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 29 October 1917.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

74 stations

74 station records on 29 October 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

74 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 39, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 October 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 October 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 67.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

67 broken records

Margins by which the 67 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1917

Top 20 records on 29 October 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1917	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1917	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1917	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1917	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1917	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1917	Lund, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1917	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Buffalo, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Welland, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Swift Current, CA	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Concordia ASOS, US	monthly low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	monthly low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	monthly low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Putbus, DE	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1917	Tartu, EE	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	50 years	20 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1917. 1917 had 74 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 10	50
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1