Weather Records on 29 October 2006

1,097 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 2006. Highest significance: Elizabethtown, US.

Key Facts for 29 October 2006

On 29 October 2006, 1,097 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
523 were record highs and 321 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,052 daily.
Elizabethtown set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 29 October 2006.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,097 stations

1,097 station records on 29 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sunapee	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Wyman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville-Stowe State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tamarindo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norton W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Buena (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tecuantepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich Public Utility Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Copital	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,097 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 288, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 273, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 29 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	288
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	273
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 29 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 1,052.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

938 broken records

Margins by which the 938 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 2006

Top 20 records on 29 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 2006	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2006	Madison, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Gaddede, SE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Berlin, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Zinnwald-Georgenfeld, DE	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Roebuck Plains, AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Woodstock, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Mt Sunapee, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Rochester, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Whitehall, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Breckenridge, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Wien, AT	daily high min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	150 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Milford, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Tobolsk, RU	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Boonville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2006	Peru, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	39 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 2006. 2006 had 1,097 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 50	925
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1