Weather Records on 29 October 2015

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 2015. Highest significance: Spring Grove, US.

Key Facts for 29 October 2015

On 29 October 2015, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 543 daily.
Spring Grove set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 29 October 2015.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 29 October 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tamaqua 4 N Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahanoy City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dingle Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milanville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove Furnace	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Otter Brook Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dhahran	Saudi Arabia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beltzville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Surry Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bound Brook 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yorktown Hts 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 October 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 October 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 543.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 2015

Top 20 records on 29 October 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 2015	Spring Grove, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2015	Tamaqua 4 N Dam, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2015	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2015	Lehighton 1SSW, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2015	Warren, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2015	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	115 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	118 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Hawley 1 E, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	York Haven, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Dunollie, AU	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Burlington, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Hugoton, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Kane 1NNE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Newcomb, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Mahanoy City 2 N, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Franklin Falls Dam, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Dingle Dell, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2015	Laona 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	85 years	44 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 2015. 2015 had 553 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	347
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2