Weather Records on 3 October 1929

223 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1929. Highest significance: Saint John, CA.

Key Facts for 3 October 1929

On 3 October 1929, 223 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 198 daily.
Saint John set a daily record precipitation of 88.6 mm (3.5 in) on 3 October 1929.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

223 stations

223 station records on 3 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Herrs Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

223 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 90.

Records on 3 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1929

Top 20 records on 3 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1929	Saint John, CA	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Confluence 1 NW, US	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Franklin, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Roermond, NL	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Sussex, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1929	Karlsruhe, DE	monthly high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1929	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1929	Greensboro Lock 7, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1929	Rowlesburg 1, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1929	Schenley Lock 5, US	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1929	Herrs Island Dam, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1929	Lock #4, US	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1929	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1929	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	monthly high max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	39 years	31 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

1834 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1929. 1929 had 223 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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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	142
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1