Weather Records on 29 February 1916

141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 February 1916. Highest significance: Walhalla, AU.

Key Facts for 29 February 1916

On 29 February 1916, 141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 141 daily.
Walhalla set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 29 February 1916.
Across 43 earlier years (1796 to 2024) the same calendar date averaged 1,673 records.

Record Map

141 stations

141 station records on 29 February 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 February 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

141 records

Records set or tied on 29 February 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 February 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 February 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 141.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

128 broken records

Margins by which the 128 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 February 1916

Top 20 records on 29 February 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 February 1916	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1916	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Charlottetown, CA	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	30.5 C (86.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Chatham, CA	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Genoa, IT	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Athens, US	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	55 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Milan, IT	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1916	Stony Mountain, CA	daily low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	35 years	20 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1916. 1916 had 141 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	3,732
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	1,626
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 2026-10-17 (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 10	113
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1