Weather Records on 24 October 1929

200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1929. Highest significance: Odesa, UA.

Key Facts for 24 October 1929

On 24 October 1929, 200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 194 daily.
Odesa set a daily record precipitation of 43.6 mm (1.7 in) on 24 October 1929.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

200 stations

200 station records on 24 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mullengudgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quabathoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

200 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 24 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

165 broken records

Margins by which the 165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 32.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1929

Top 20 records on 24 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1929	Odesa, UA	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1929	Rauland, NO	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1929	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1929	Paris, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Beito, NO	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Bakke, NO	monthly rain	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Aseral, NO	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Bisbee, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Anna 4 N, US	monthly low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Mc Minnville, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Mullengudgery, AU	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1929	Ellerston, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 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

1802 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1929. 1929 had 200 records.

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

Records on 10-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1840	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	2
1869	2
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	1
1880	7
1881	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	3
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	6
1904	13
1905	22
1906	30
1907	11
1908	26
1909	13
1910	8
1911	23
1912	37
1913	85
1914	12
1915	43
1916	29
1917	145
1918	27
1919	48
1920	273
1921	54
1922	193
1923	169
1924	94
1925	258
1926	268
1927	308
1928	66
1929	200
1930	420
1931	351
1932	334
1933	256
1934	535
1935	343
1936	223
1937	588
1938	686
1939	776
1940	406
1941	304
1942	299
1943	369
1944	313
1945	549
1946	427
1947	427
1948	215
1949	624
1950	314
1951	546
1952	409
1953	244
1954	538
1955	460
1956	581
1957	673
1958	316
1959	885
1960	378
1961	228
1962	346
1963	1,397
1964	469
1965	387
1966	515
1967	273
1968	206
1969	1,115
1970	594
1971	794
1972	464
1973	558
1974	537
1975	2,018
1976	730
1977	469
1978	594
1979	683
1980	826
1981	1,920
1982	838
1983	662
1984	1,000
1985	902
1986	506
1987	674
1988	512
1989	1,182
1990	594
1991	1,380
1992	1,169
1993	602
1994	594
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,400
1998	1,238
1999	1,374
2000	1,514
2001	1,769
2002	2,094
2003	1,934
2004	1,300
2005	973
2006	1,709
2007	1,631
2008	808
2009	870
2010	1,037
2011	658
2012	1,027
2013	497
2014	883
2015	528
2016	622
2017	858
2018	442
2019	761
2020	1,993
2021	588
2022	1,412
2023	682
2024	783
2025	286

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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	131
5 to 10	18
10 to 15	6
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	1