Weather Records on 29 October 2018

550 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 2018. Highest significance: Laghouat, DZ.

Key Facts for 29 October 2018

On 29 October 2018, 550 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 531 daily.
Laghouat set a daily record low maximum temperature of 12.3 C (54.1 F) on 29 October 2018.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

550 stations

550 station records on 29 October 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Postojna	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nezperce	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucany	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kapapala Rch 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lindesnes Fyr	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanzil-Kynak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshaja Murta	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millau	France	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paiko Drive 723.4	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millau	France	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tulun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogucar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wyntoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record low minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bor	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

550 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 29 October 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 29 October 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 2018

Top 20 records on 29 October 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 2018	Laghouat, DZ	daily low max	12.3 C (54.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	127 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Tomsk, RU	daily high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Ajaccio, FR	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Oujda, MA	daily low max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Hurbanovo, SK	daily high max	24.1 C (75.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Arad, RO	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	119 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Newton Rigg, GB	daily low min	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Szeged, HU	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Uil, KZ	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Sosunovo, RU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Novi Sad, RS	monthly high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Bratsk, RU	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Postojna, SI	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Poltava, UA	daily high min	11.8 C (53.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Oakland, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Budapest, HU	daily high max	24.3 C (75.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Cluj Napoca, RO	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	91 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Bomnak, RU	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2018	Nezperce, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	36 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 2018. 2018 had 550 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 2018-10-29: 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 2026-10-17 (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	451
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3