From NWS
1937: The last week of October was unusually warm and culminated on the 29th when many stations established records for their warmest temperature so late in the year. Reported high temperatures around the state included 92 F at Knoxville and Winterset, 91 F at Atlantic, 89 F at Des Moines, and 87 F at Decorah and at Belmond where amazingly 10.8 inches of snow had fallen in a storm less than two weeks earlier.

1925: Unseasonably bitter cold weather set in after a pair of early winter storms as the temperature plummeted all the way down to -15 F at Inwood setting the all-time Iowa October record. Other low temperatures included -10 F at Milford, -4 F at Decorah and Mason City, -2 F at Boone and Fort Dodge, -1 F at Iowa Falls, and 0 F at Cedar Rapids. At Des Moines the month would finish as the coldest October on record with an average temperature of only 41.6 F.

29 October 1867 → A hurricane struck Puerto Rico, sinking 50 ships and killing over a thousand people along its path. This is still one of the strongest hurricanes in Puerto Rico’s history. 29 October 1985 → When Hurricane Juan came ashore at Morgan City, LA it was only a Category 1. However its very slow and bizarre looping track caused torrential rains to inundate the Gulf Coast and Appalachians from October 28 to November 1. A foot of rain was recorded at Mobile. 29 October 1999 → A supercyclone swept in from the Bay of Bengal, killing at least 9,573 and leaving over 10 million homeless in Orissa state, India.

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