Weather Records on 29 October 1969

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1969. Highest significance: Gunningbar, AU.

Key Facts for 29 October 1969

On 29 October 1969, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 642 daily.
Gunningbar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 142.0 mm (5.6 in) on 29 October 1969.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 29 October 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gunningbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Chetwynd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (Arthursleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bearbung (Aller)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lascelles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedoo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narrawa (Hollywood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyelangta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 409, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 29 October 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	409
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 29 October 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 642.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1969

Top 20 records on 29 October 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1969	Gunningbar, AU	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Mortlake, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Chetwynd, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Narromine (Alagalah St), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Johanna Glen, AU	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Neilrex (Caigan), AU	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Karnak (Rosedale), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Warrnambool (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Warren (Frawley St), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Koroit, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Belaringar Station, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Goroke (Kangawall), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1969	Binnaway (Wattle St), AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1969	Ellerslie Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1969	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	55 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1969. 1969 had 679 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	518
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1