Weather Records on 29 October 1985

874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 1985. Highest significance: Mahlabatini (Mag), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 October 1985

On 29 October 1985, 874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 831 daily.
Mahlabatini (Mag) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 280.0 mm (11.0 in) on 29 October 1985.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

874 stations

874 station records on 29 October 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	280.0 mm (11.0 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Inchanga (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Houd Constant	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	136.5 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crowe's Place,Seven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Graciosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfontein (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ray Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tsokwane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kwepertuin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Jong Ranch, Howic	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgeboom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans D P S 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quadra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

874 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 529, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 October 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	529
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 October 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 42, daily 831.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

761 broken records

Margins by which the 761 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 1985

Top 20 records on 29 October 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 1985	Mahlabatini (Mag), ZA	all-time rain	280.0 mm (11.0 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	65 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 October 1985	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	101 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1985	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1985	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1985	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1985	Eston, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1985	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1985	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1985	Inchanga (Sar), ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 October 1985	Grootfontein, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Dassieshoek, ZA	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Montagu (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Houd Constant, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Villiersdorp, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Cornubia, ZA	daily rain	136.5 mm (5.4 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Blackburn, ZA	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Espanola, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Glenora, ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 1985	Albertinia (Pol), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	54 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 1985. 1985 had 874 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	626
20 to 40	97
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1