Weather Records on 29 October 1938

199 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1938. Highest significance: Mannargudi, IN.

Key Facts for 29 October 1938

On 29 October 1938, 199 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 199 daily.
Mannargudi set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 29 October 1938.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

199 stations

199 station records on 29 October 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Denial Bay (Nadia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgoyne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

199 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 199.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

157 broken records

Margins by which the 157 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1938

Top 20 records on 29 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1938	Mannargudi, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Uppiliyapuram, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Kattumannarkoil, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Halle, DE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Kattumavadi, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Parli, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Grenfell, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Udayalipatti, IN	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Davenport, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Artern, DE	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Nyngan (Merryanbone), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1938	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	59 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1938. 1938 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 10	139
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1