Weather Records on 29 December 1915

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1915. Highest significance: Buffalo, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 1915

On 29 December 1915, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 47 daily.
Buffalo set a daily record snowfall of 27.4 cm (10.8 in) on 29 December 1915.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 29 December 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.2 C (-36.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 29 December 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 December 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

45 broken records

Margins by which the 45 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1915

Top 20 records on 29 December 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1915	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1915	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1915	Buffalo, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1915	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1915	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Athens, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	St Albans, CA	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Bundaleer Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	1 year	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1915	Chatham 2, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	12 years	15 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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1915. 1915 had 47 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 50	42
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1