Weather Records on 29 October 1926

120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1926. Highest significance: Halden, NO.

Key Facts for 29 October 1926

On 29 October 1926, 120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 114 daily.
Halden set a daily record snow depth of 40.0 cm (15.7 in) on 29 October 1926.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

120 stations

120 station records on 29 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

120 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 29 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 29 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 114.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

93 broken records

Margins by which the 93 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1926

Top 20 records on 29 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1926	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1926	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1926	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1926	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Bartow 1SE, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Pitea, SE	monthly low max	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Birch Tree, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Tunis, TN	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1926	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	45 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1926. 1926 had 120 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 50	86
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1