Weather Records on 11 October 1929

259 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1929. Highest significance: Marfield, AU.

Key Facts for 11 October 1929

On 11 October 1929, 259 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 254 daily.
Marfield set a daily record precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 11 October 1929.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

259 stations

259 station records on 11 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pimlico	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

259 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 11 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

229 broken records

Margins by which the 229 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1929

Top 20 records on 11 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1929	Marfield, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Bingara (Keera), AU	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Jandowae Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Gravette, US	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Ipswich, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Franklin, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1929	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Casey, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Power, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Norddal, NO	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Ashley, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Bulken, NO	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Vik I Sogn III, NO	monthly rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Boggabilla (Boonal), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1929	Peterborough, CA	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	24 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

1793 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 259 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	864

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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 20	212
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1