Weather Records on 23 October 1929

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1929. Highest significance: Ishpeming, US.

Key Facts for 23 October 1929

On 23 October 1929, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 339 daily.
Ishpeming set a monthly record daily precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 23 October 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 23 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 131, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 23 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	131
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 23 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1929

Top 20 records on 23 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1929	Ishpeming, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Williamsport, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Plymouth, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Orono, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Harrisburg River Gage, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1929	Calumet, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	London South, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	Bulken, NO	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	Gardiner, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	Lock #4, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	Abitibi Post, CA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	Alton, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 October 1929	Decatur Wtp, US	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	13 years	28 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

1795 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 352 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	263
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1