Weather Records on 29 October 1964

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1964. Highest significance: Sterling, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 October 1964

On 29 October 1964, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 363 daily.
Sterling set a daily record precipitation of 26.5 mm (1.0 in) on 29 October 1964.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 29 October 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale Woodward Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piedra	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling Warwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkestone, Howick	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubari	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsburgh WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nqutu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarhole	India	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 October 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 October 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1964

Top 20 records on 29 October 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1964	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1964	Turlock #2, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	King City, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Newman, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Alattur, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Los Banos, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Elliott, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Stockton Fire STN 4, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Illawarra, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Friant Government Camp, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Madera, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Lodi, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Sonora, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Camp Pardee, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Huntington Lake, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	Oakdale Woodward Dam, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1964	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	37 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1964. 1964 had 371 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	263
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1