Weather Records on 29 October 1947

323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1947. Highest significance: Bedford Hills, US.

Key Facts for 29 October 1947

On 29 October 1947, 323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 323 daily.
Bedford Hills set a daily record precipitation of 85.3 mm (3.4 in) on 29 October 1947.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

323 stations

323 station records on 29 October 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarack	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville D St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

323 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 29 October 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 October 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

252 broken records

Margins by which the 252 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1947

Top 20 records on 29 October 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1947	Bedford Hills, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1947	Alton, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1947	Quakertown, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1947	Nevada City, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1947	Philadelphia Shawmont, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1947	Cutchogue, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1947	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Wilmington City Hall, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Electra P H, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Tamarack, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Doylestown, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Belvidere, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Coldwater, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	65 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Beaver, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Hyannis, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	Canyon Ferry, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1947	North Lake, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	23 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1947. 1947 had 323 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	239
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1