Weather Records on 29 October 1943

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1943. Highest significance: Innisfail, AU.

Key Facts for 29 October 1943

On 29 October 1943, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 252 daily.
Innisfail set a daily record precipitation of 138.2 mm (5.4 in) on 29 October 1943.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 29 October 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 29 October 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 October 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1943

Top 20 records on 29 October 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1943	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Cumberland, ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1943	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Big Creek, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Welbedacht Agric Office, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Ayton, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Addison, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Cortland, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1943	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 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

1837 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1943. 1943 had 256 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	183
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1