Weather Records on 29 October 1974

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1974. Highest significance: Palomar Mtn Obsy, US.

Key Facts for 29 October 1974

On 29 October 1974, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
354 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 922 daily.
Palomar Mtn Obsy set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 29 October 1974.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 29 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Stamps	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mermentau	United States	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Babbitt 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bananal (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boughton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 277, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 475, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 29 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	277
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	475
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 29 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 922.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

820 broken records

Margins by which the 820 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1974

Top 20 records on 29 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1974	Palomar Mtn Obsy, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	78 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1974	Stamps, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1974	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1974	Granite Reef Dam, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Mesa, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Visalia, US	all-time rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Mermentau, US	monthly rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Adaven, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Descanso Rs, US	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Hackberry 8 SSW, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Melville, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Miami, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1974	Leola, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	20 years	49 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1974. 1974 had 958 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 1974-10-29: 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 100	812
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1