Weather Records on 29 October 1976

1,006 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1976. Highest significance: Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX.

Key Facts for 29 October 1976

On 29 October 1976, 1,006 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 740 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 156 monthly and 850 daily.
Huatusco de Chicuellar set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 29 October 1976.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,006 stations

1,006 station records on 29 October 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kenai AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.1 C (-27.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Cairn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dimmitt 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trent	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,006 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 367, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 373, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 29 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	367
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	373
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 29 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 156, daily 850.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

802 broken records

Margins by which the 802 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1976

Top 20 records on 29 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1976	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1976	Kenai AP, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Hobbs, US	monthly snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Floydada, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Tahoka, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Chita, RU	monthly low min	-33.1 C (-27.6 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Laguna, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Dilley, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Goedemoed, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Silverton, US	monthly snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Georgetown, US	monthly low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Farmerville, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Carlsbad Caverns, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Albany, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1976	Borzja, RU	monthly low min	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	40 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1976. 1976 had 1,006 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 25	742
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1