Weather Records on 29 October 1923

85 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1923. Highest significance: Tinda Tank, AU.

Key Facts for 29 October 1923

On 29 October 1923, 85 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 81 daily.
Tinda Tank set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 29 October 1923.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

85 stations

85 station records on 29 October 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tinda Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quabathoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

85 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 October 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 October 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 81.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

66 broken records

Margins by which the 66 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1923

Top 20 records on 29 October 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1923	Tinda Tank, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1923	W Pt, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Dinby, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Hartington, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Junsele, SE	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Wilkie, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Quabathoo, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Normanville, AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Curraweena, AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Moonagee, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Kazalinsk, KZ	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Port Arthur, CA	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Quesnel, CA	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Kamloops, CA	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1923	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1923. 1923 had 85 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	53
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1