Weather Records on 29 October 1929

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1929. Highest significance: Welshpool, AU.

Key Facts for 29 October 1929

On 29 October 1929, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 223 daily.
Welshpool set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 29 October 1929.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 29 October 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seacombe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 29 October 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 29 October 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 223.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

187 broken records

Margins by which the 187 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1929

Top 20 records on 29 October 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1929	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1929	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1929	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1929	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1929	Gigoomgan, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1929	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1929	Chaplin, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1929	Heerde, NL	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1929	Stradbroke Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Warsaw, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Gundiah Railway Station, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Yuma, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Lake Moraine, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1929	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	25 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

1837 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1929. 1929 had 226 records.

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

Records on 10-29 in each year
Year	Records
1837	1
1846	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	11
1891	3
1892	3
1894	1
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	10
1903	4
1904	4
1905	9
1906	16
1907	15
1908	22
1909	22
1910	79
1911	10
1912	32
1913	67
1914	13
1915	47
1916	34
1917	74
1918	97
1919	53
1920	39
1921	49
1922	150
1923	85
1924	120
1925	698
1926	120
1927	350
1928	125
1929	226
1930	333
1931	199
1932	195
1933	301
1934	169
1935	553
1936	313
1937	919
1938	199
1939	159
1940	484
1941	284
1942	408
1943	256
1944	427
1945	471
1946	1,140
1947	323
1948	281
1949	434
1950	794
1951	203
1952	759
1953	529
1954	316
1955	477
1956	440
1957	379
1958	346
1959	740
1960	282
1961	792
1962	536
1963	422
1964	371
1965	575
1966	264
1967	382
1968	686
1969	679
1970	630
1971	1,773
1972	954
1973	602
1974	958
1975	387
1976	1,006
1977	474
1978	297
1979	488
1980	936
1981	474
1982	655
1983	287
1984	1,540
1985	874
1986	361
1987	940
1988	729
1989	1,033
1990	677
1991	2,609
1992	1,082
1993	868
1994	715
1995	693
1996	1,169
1997	1,155
1998	900
1999	791
2000	1,238
2001	965
2002	1,139
2003	1,406
2004	1,562
2005	974
2006	1,097
2007	1,120
2008	1,547
2009	1,250
2010	547
2011	852
2012	1,389
2013	774
2014	585
2015	553
2016	965
2017	979
2018	550
2019	1,902
2020	1,228
2021	812
2022	1,034
2023	1,264
2024	1,067
2025	419

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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 50	180
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1