Weather Records on 29 October 2008

1,547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 October 2008. Highest significance: Cooperstown, US.

Key Facts for 29 October 2008

On 29 October 2008, 1,547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
322 were record highs and 848 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 164 monthly and 1,382 daily.
Cooperstown set a monthly record daily snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 29 October 2008.
Across 156 earlier years (1837 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,547 stations

1,547 station records on 29 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ygnattering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Slide Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Piseco	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.3 cm (13.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Windrush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wereroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amrista Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denbarker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,547 records

Records set or tied on 29 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 491, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 357, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 83, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 29 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	491
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	357
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	83
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 29 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 164, daily 1,382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,185 broken records

Margins by which the 1,185 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 October 2008

Top 20 records on 29 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 October 2008	Cooperstown, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	105 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 October 2008	Aleppo, AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 October 2008	Watertown, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Ygnattering, AU	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Hyden, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Hooker 12 NNW, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32.6 cm (12.8 in)	32 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Big Moose 3 SE, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Gouverneur 3 NW, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 October 2008	Bennetts Brg, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2008	Hooker 12 NNW, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	2 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2008	Morrisville 6 SW, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2008	Camden, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2008	Slide Mtn, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2008	Tamar, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2008	Niigata, JP	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 October 2008	Bayard, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	83 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1837 to 2008. 2008 had 1,547 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	1,125
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1