Weather Records on 29 October 1989

1,033 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1989. Highest significance: Bellenden Ker, AU.

Key Facts for 29 October 1989

On 29 October 1989, 1,033 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
447 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,011 daily.
Bellenden Ker set a monthly record daily precipitation of 247.0 mm (9.7 in) on 29 October 1989.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,033 stations

1,033 station records on 29 October 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bellenden Ker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flensburg (Schaferhaus)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zeona 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Engelskirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,033 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 234, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 213, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 423, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 29 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	234
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	213
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	423
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 29 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 1,011.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

859 broken records

Margins by which the 859 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1989

Top 20 records on 29 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1989	Bellenden Ker, AU	monthly rain	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1989	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Belle Fourche, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Happy Valley, AU	monthly rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Flensburg (Schaferhaus), DE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Dawson, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Colony, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Newell, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Canby, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Rapid City 4NW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Dillon AP, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Driggs, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Spearfish, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Colony, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Pathfinder Dam, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1989	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	43 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1989. 1989 had 1,033 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	793
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	3