Weather Records on 29 October 1995

693 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1995. Highest significance: Welverdiend (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 October 1995

On 29 October 1995, 693 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
381 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 659 daily.
Welverdiend (Pol) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 160.0 mm (6.3 in) on 29 October 1995.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

693 stations

693 station records on 29 October 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Neverset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Klipdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Errol	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strehla	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tecomates	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tekax de Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mimosa Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom Upper	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Callejones	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slavjansk-Na-Kubani	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heart Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley Res.Station	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ubatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

693 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 29 October 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 29 October 1995 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1995

Top 20 records on 29 October 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1995	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	79 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1995	Parys (Mun), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	89 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1995	Neverset, ZA	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1995	Hartbeesfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1995	Barrage (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1995	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Jackman, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Keene, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Potchefstroom, ZA	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Corpus Christi NAS, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Oranjeville (Skl), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Marlow, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Klipdrift, ZA	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Springs-Olympia Park, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Middle Dam, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Errol, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Lovell, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Strehla, ZA	monthly rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1995	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	47 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1995. 1995 had 693 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	497
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1