Weather Records on 29 October 2000

1,238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 2000. Highest significance: Culbertson, US.

Key Facts for 29 October 2000

On 29 October 2000, 1,238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
419 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,175 daily.
Culbertson set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 29 October 2000.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

1,238 stations

1,238 station records on 29 October 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	74 of 100 (Major)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Vlieland_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nes (Ameland)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
De Koog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Den Burg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hampstead	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Heathrow	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Donald	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raton Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Loggerheads: Colomendy Centre	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pampa #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alwen	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sosjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pormpuraaw Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,238 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 285, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 558, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 29 October 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	285
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	558
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 29 October 2000 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 58, daily 1,175.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,050 broken records

Margins by which the 1,050 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 2000

Top 20 records on 29 October 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 2000	Culbertson, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 October 2000	Benkelman 1N, US	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	100 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Nebo, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Rothamsted, GB	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	95 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Imperial, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	103 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Malvern, GB	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Hawarden Bridge, GB	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Vlieland_1, NL	all-time rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Lakin, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	103 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Ogallala, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Wallace 2W, US	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Elkhart, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	N Platte Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2000	West Terschelling, NL	all-time rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	99 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 2000. 2000 had 1,238 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 2000-10-29: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	942
20 to 40	74
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1