Weather Records on 8 October 1929

75 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1929. Highest significance: American River, AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1929

On 8 October 1929, 75 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 73 daily.
American River set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 8 October 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

75 stations

75 station records on 8 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Renova	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

75 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 33.

Records on 8 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 73.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

61 broken records

Margins by which the 61 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 10.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1929

Top 20 records on 8 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1929	American River, AU	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1929	Oudenbosch, NL	monthly rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Roermond, NL	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Hay River, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Bella Coola, CA	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Banff, CA	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Ashton 1N, US	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Goose Island, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Renova, US	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Warren, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1929	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	32 years	15 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

1802 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1929. 1929 had 75 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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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 2	35
2 to 4	13
4 to 6	2
6 to 8	7
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	2