Weather Records on 29 October 1945

471 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1945. Highest significance: Cloverdale, US.

Key Facts for 29 October 1945

On 29 October 1945, 471 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 457 daily.
Cloverdale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 29 October 1945.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

471 stations

471 station records on 29 October 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	213.2 mm (8.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thowgla Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aruppukottai	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

471 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 29 October 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 October 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

395 broken records

Margins by which the 395 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1945

Top 20 records on 29 October 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1945	Cloverdale, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1945	Healdsburg, US	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1945	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Milan, IT	daily rain	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Giffard, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Genoa, IT	monthly rain	213.2 mm (8.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Carson City, US	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Toora, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Los Gatos, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Thowgla Upper, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Woodside, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Orland, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Chittur, IN	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1945	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1945. 1945 had 471 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	353
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1