Weather Records on 29 October 1968

686 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1968. Highest significance: Tekkali, IN.

Key Facts for 29 October 1968

On 29 October 1968, 686 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
402 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 659 daily.
Tekkali set a daily record precipitation of 165.3 mm (6.5 in) on 29 October 1968.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

686 stations

686 station records on 29 October 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	165.3 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rjazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berezovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.4 C (-24.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vitim	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paveletz	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

686 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 311, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 October 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	311
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 October 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1968

Top 20 records on 29 October 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1968	Tekkali, IN	daily rain	165.3 mm (6.5 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1968	Patu, BR	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1968	Iliamna AP, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1968	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1968	Barkestad, NO	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Lucan, CA	monthly snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Cedarville, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Forks 1 E, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Mozajsk, RU	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	9.6 C (17.3 F)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Riggins, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Suolovuopmi, NO	daily snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Coimbra, PT	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Rjazan, RU	daily low min	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Oxford, GB	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Berezovo, RU	monthly low min	-31.4 C (-24.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1968	Yreka, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	27 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1968. 1968 had 686 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	544
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2