Weather Records on 29 October 1972

954 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1972. Highest significance: Upper Urara (the Knoll), AU.

Key Facts for 29 October 1972

On 29 October 1972, 954 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 870 daily.
Upper Urara (the Knoll) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 213.1 mm (8.4 in) on 29 October 1972.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

954 stations

954 station records on 29 October 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	292.9 mm (11.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	252.5 mm (9.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.8 mm (10.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chillingham (Limpinwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roadvale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

954 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 586, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 29 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	586
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 29 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 83, daily 870.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

843 broken records

Margins by which the 843 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 242.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1972

Top 20 records on 29 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1972	Upper Urara (the Knoll), AU	monthly rain	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Cobbity (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	monthly rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Megan (the Mount), AU	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	monthly rain	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	30 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Rivertree (Myall), AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Burpengary Ulmann Rd, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	monthly rain	292.9 mm (11.5 in)	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	23 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1972	Western Creek, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)

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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1972. 1972 had 954 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 50	746
50 to 100	74
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2