Weather Records on 29 February 1908

74 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 February 1908. Highest significance: Port Hastings, CA.

Key Facts for 29 February 1908

On 29 February 1908, 74 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 74 daily.
Port Hastings set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 29 February 1908.
Across 43 earlier years (1796 to 2024) the same calendar date averaged 1,674 records.

Record Map

74 stations

74 station records on 29 February 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 February 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

74 records

Records set or tied on 29 February 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 29 February 1908 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 February 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 74.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 February 1908

Top 20 records on 29 February 1908 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 February 1908	Port Hastings, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1908	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1908	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Galway, IE	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Orebro, SE	daily rain	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Pitea, SE	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Portland, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Galway, IE	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	47 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	St John's, CA	daily high max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1908	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1908

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1908. 1908 had 74 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1836	1
1848	2
1864	2
1868	8
1872	4
1876	5
1880	4
1884	6
1888	12
1892	6
1896	10
1904	73
1908	74
1912	149
1916	141
1920	216
1924	547
1928	575
1932	1,617
1936	845
1940	2,033
1944	1,384
1948	1,900
1952	1,358
1956	1,592
1960	3,738
1964	2,071
1968	2,631
1972	3,731
1976	3,701
1980	3,969
1984	3,806
1988	3,343
1992	3,358
1996	4,433
2000	4,297
2004	4,431
2008	4,629
2012	5,184
2016	2,208
2020	1,622
2024	2,341

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	67
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1