Weather Records on 29 October 1979

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1979. Highest significance: Cookeville, US.

Key Facts for 29 October 1979

On 29 October 1979, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 464 daily.
Cookeville set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 29 October 1979.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 29 October 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Huitzuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Benin	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caiana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ziryanovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gruver	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troy 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arteaga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Double Four Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sirte	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nienburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 29 October 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 29 October 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1979

Top 20 records on 29 October 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1979	Cookeville, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1979	Huitzuco (Smn), MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Monterey, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Save, BJ	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	La Union, MX	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Petatlan, MX	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Iguala (Smn), MX	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Clare, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Caiana, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Hayden, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	Mazapa, MX	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1979	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1979	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 October 1979	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	61 years	34 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1979. 1979 had 488 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 1979-10-29: 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 20	383
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1