Weather Records on 29 December 1914

46 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1914. Highest significance: Den Helder-1, NL.

Key Facts for 29 December 1914

On 29 December 1914, 46 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 46 daily.
Den Helder-1 set a daily record precipitation of 25.5 mm (1.0 in) on 29 December 1914.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

46 stations

46 station records on 29 December 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goorianawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Calga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tonderburine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Coonimbia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

46 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 29 December 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 December 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1914

Top 20 records on 29 December 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1914	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1914	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Walgett (Goangra), AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Uccle, BE	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Goorianawah, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Gamalally, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Coonamble (Wingadee), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	19 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	East Toorale (Toorale Station), AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1914	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	26 years	14 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

1799 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1914. 1914 had 46 records.

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

Records on 12-29 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1810	1
1824	1
1829	1
1839	2
1853	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1880	6
1881	4
1882	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	7
1891	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	1
1897	8
1898	7
1899	4
1900	1
1901	18
1902	8
1903	10
1904	16
1905	19
1906	14
1907	10
1908	21
1909	18
1910	7
1911	6
1912	52
1913	12
1914	46
1915	47
1916	69
1917	145
1918	33
1919	157
1920	68
1921	60
1922	42
1923	126
1924	119
1925	209
1926	117
1927	350
1928	93
1929	262
1930	96
1931	363
1932	192
1933	479
1934	406
1935	392
1936	552
1937	280
1938	178
1939	272
1940	648
1941	110
1942	458
1943	232
1944	226
1945	497
1946	1,122
1947	310
1948	711
1949	217
1950	286
1951	571
1952	156
1953	205
1954	955
1955	373
1956	563
1957	527
1958	442
1959	251
1960	404
1961	525
1962	754
1963	285
1964	533
1965	634
1966	719
1967	867
1968	1,028
1969	964
1970	694
1971	660
1972	1,001
1973	674
1974	719
1975	646
1976	748
1977	656
1978	1,349
1979	830
1980	959
1981	713
1982	1,565
1983	2,576
1984	2,687
1985	551
1986	752
1987	1,484
1988	1,082
1989	633
1990	1,861
1991	630
1992	1,099
1993	905
1994	965
1995	1,202
1996	2,213
1997	1,114
1998	783
1999	1,207
2000	1,677
2001	599
2002	959
2003	951
2004	909
2005	858
2006	1,219
2007	1,046
2008	753
2009	1,027
2010	1,308
2011	748
2012	805
2013	714
2014	506
2015	1,440
2016	620
2017	1,559
2018	440
2019	1,471
2020	504
2021	1,098
2022	516
2023	900
2024	931
2025	637

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	34
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1