Weather Records on 20 October 1929

129 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 1929. Highest significance: Svirica, RU.

Key Facts for 20 October 1929

On 20 October 1929, 129 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 127 daily.
Svirica set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 20 October 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

129 stations

129 station records on 20 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

129 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 57.

Records on 20 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

103 broken records

Margins by which the 103 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 1929

Top 20 records on 20 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1929	Svirica, RU	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1929	Nuwara Eliya, LK	monthly low min	4.9 C (40.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Marshall, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Talladega, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Hambantota, LK	daily low min	22.1 C (71.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	59 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Appleton City, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Keosauqua, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Cambridge Niab, GB	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Metten, DE	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Bonaparte 5 NE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Brunswick, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 October 1929	Port Dover, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	19 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 129 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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 5	68
5 to 10	20
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1