Weather Records on 19 October 1929

131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1929. Highest significance: Table Rock 4N, US.

Key Facts for 19 October 1929

On 19 October 1929, 131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 131 daily.
Table Rock 4N set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 19 October 1929.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

131 stations

131 station records on 19 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booroondara Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lacona	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

131 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 67.

Records on 19 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 131.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

108 broken records

Margins by which the 108 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1929

Top 20 records on 19 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1929	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1929	Beloit, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1929	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1929	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Nebraska City 1 NW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Millerton, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	McPherson, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Ulm, DE	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Weimar, DE	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Orebro, SE	daily rain	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	66 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 October 1929	Godegard, SE	daily rain	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	37 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

1806 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1929. 1929 had 131 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 19 October 1929
Margin	Records
0 to 10	89
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1