Weather Records on 29 October 1931

199 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1931. Highest significance: Daflating, IN.

Key Facts for 29 October 1931

On 29 October 1931, 199 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 196 daily.
Daflating set a daily record precipitation of 81.5 mm (3.2 in) on 29 October 1931.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

199 stations

199 station records on 29 October 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

199 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 29 October 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 29 October 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

164 broken records

Margins by which the 164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1931

Top 20 records on 29 October 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1931	Daflating, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1931	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1931	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1931	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1931	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Bic, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Gobichettipalaya, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Kingston, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Resaca, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Joseph, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Gavle, SE	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Hyannis, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1931	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 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

1837 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1931. 1931 had 199 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 20	149
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1