Weather Records on 22 October 1929

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1929. Highest significance: Richmond Chimborazo Pk, US.

Key Facts for 22 October 1929

On 22 October 1929, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 392 daily.
Richmond Chimborazo Pk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 22 October 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 22 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Radford	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Speers Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 258.

Records on 22 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 392.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1929

Top 20 records on 22 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1929	Richmond Chimborazo Pk, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1929	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Kenton, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Radford, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Carthage, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Speers Ferry, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Carlisle, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	State College, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1929	Callaville, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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 417 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	239
10 to 20	64
20 to 30	49
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1