Weather Records on 29 October 1963

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1963. Highest significance: Bic, CA.

Key Facts for 29 October 1963

On 29 October 1963, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 413 daily.
Bic set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 29 October 1963.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

422 stations

422 station records on 29 October 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	51.3 cm (20.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Manan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rooijantjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nabowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Porcos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dingwall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Towrong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coppermine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 21.

Records on 29 October 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 October 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 259.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1963

Top 20 records on 29 October 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1963	Bic, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1963	Werribee Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1963	Barrage Mitis, CA	monthly snowfall	51.3 cm (20.2 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1963	Werribee Research Farm, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Gisborne, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Grand Manan, CA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Moncton, CA	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Eastport, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Yarram, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Rooijantjiesfontein, ZA	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Gardiner, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Boatman Station, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Nabowla, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Barrage Mitis, CA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Laverton Salines, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Gagetown 2, CA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1963	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 years	44 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1963. 1963 had 422 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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Data for records on 1963-10-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	381
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1