Weather Records on 29 December 1916

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1916. Highest significance: Lillimur Estate, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1916

On 29 December 1916, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 69 daily.
Lillimur Estate set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 29 December 1916.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

69 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Nangeela)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Pamatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Wondo Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 57.

Records on 29 December 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 December 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 69.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

64 broken records

Margins by which the 64 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1916

Top 20 records on 29 December 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1916	Lillimur Estate, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1916	Uccle, BE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Oxford, GB	daily high min	8.7 C (47.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Helmond, NL	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Lund, SE	daily rain	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Merino (Glenorchy Estate), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Hallett, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Casterton (Nangeela), AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Minimay (Booroopki), AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Portland, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Roermond, NL	daily rain	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1916	Stuarts Creek, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	27 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

1799 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1916. 1916 had 69 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 10	53
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1