Weather Records on 29 October 1953

529 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1953. Highest significance: Sri Ranbirsingh, IN.

Key Facts for 29 October 1953

On 29 October 1953, 529 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 516 daily.
Sri Ranbirsingh set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 29 October 1953.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

529 stations

529 station records on 29 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlgren Weapons Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawloit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oodla Wirra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

529 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 367, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 29 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1953

Top 20 records on 29 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1953	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1953	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Chestertown, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Richmond Chimborazo Pk, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Dahlgren Weapons Lab, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Lawloit, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Doylestown, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Annapolis US Naval Aca, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Dover, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Owings Ferry Landing, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Coleman 3 WNW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1953	Orroroo (Kylmorn), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	38 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1953. 1953 had 529 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).