Weather Records on 29 October 1990

677 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1990. Highest significance: Tuddal, NO.

Key Facts for 29 October 1990

On 29 October 1990, 677 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 653 daily.
Tuddal set a daily record precipitation of 50.6 mm (2.0 in) on 29 October 1990.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

677 stations

677 station records on 29 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Foldsae	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Letafors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoidalen I Solum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kjevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abjorsbraten	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vigmostad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hole	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balbay	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sokna II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Transtrand_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Worland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caar-Tas	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Espedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stomne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arvika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Javier	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

677 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

556 broken records

Margins by which the 556 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1990

Top 20 records on 29 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1990	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1990	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1990	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1990	Kempten, DE	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1990	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1990	Foldsae, NO	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Aseral, NO	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Mykland, NO	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Letafors, SE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Ocampo, MX	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Hoidalen I Solum, NO	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Kjevik, NO	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Mont-de-Marsan, FR	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Basel-Mulhouse, FR	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Lista Fyr, NO	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Storbron, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	79 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Lindesnes Fyr, NO	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Embrun, FR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1990	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	all-time rain	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	28 years	37 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1990. 1990 had 677 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 10	510
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1