Weather Records on 29 January 1917

45 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1917. Highest significance: Gilbert River Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 January 1917

On 29 January 1917, 45 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 44 daily.
Gilbert River Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 146.1 mm (5.8 in) on 29 January 1917.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

45 stations

45 station records on 29 January 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brundah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarriaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Talyealye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Wilbertree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

45 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 16, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 January 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 January 1917 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1917

Top 20 records on 29 January 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1917	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	all-time rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1917	Armagh, GB	daily low max	0.9 C (33.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Uccle, BE	daily low max	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Astana, KZ	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	6 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Brundah, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Wien, AT	daily low max	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Halmstad, SE	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Moose Factory, CA	daily high min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	25 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Toledo Blade, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Boras, SE	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1917	Skara 1, SE	daily low min	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	16 years	12 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1917. 1917 had 45 records.

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

Records on 01-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1804	1
1830	2
1831	1
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	2
1872	2
1873	3
1875	1
1877	2
1883	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	7
1896	3
1897	3
1898	10
1899	4
1900	9
1901	5
1902	7
1903	20
1904	6
1905	15
1906	17
1907	9
1908	16
1909	14
1910	57
1911	22
1912	28
1913	40
1914	57
1915	41
1916	286
1917	45
1918	134
1919	30
1920	57
1921	48
1922	47
1923	66
1924	155
1925	237
1926	170
1927	203
1928	116
1929	222
1930	116
1931	397
1932	338
1933	126
1934	536
1935	455
1936	536
1937	196
1938	224
1939	223
1940	386
1941	357
1942	451
1943	330
1944	423
1945	286
1946	181
1947	1,154
1948	697
1949	1,097
1950	768
1951	1,125
1952	239
1953	554
1954	755
1955	476
1956	642
1957	820
1958	834
1959	464
1960	441
1961	599
1962	635
1963	1,131
1964	143
1965	696
1966	2,021
1967	731
1968	806
1969	1,201
1970	611
1971	1,200
1972	296
1973	676
1974	1,195
1975	1,300
1976	570
1977	1,047
1978	738
1979	1,587
1980	791
1981	515
1982	667
1983	1,200
1984	689
1985	551
1986	831
1987	1,142
1988	829
1989	1,420
1990	1,218
1991	636
1992	1,293
1993	748
1994	1,010
1995	1,170
1996	808
1997	803
1998	675
1999	1,553
2000	1,365
2001	1,198
2002	2,267
2003	657
2004	1,074
2005	1,042
2006	1,600
2007	739
2008	1,026
2009	980
2010	1,014
2011	519
2012	604
2013	1,904
2014	1,816
2015	700
2016	864
2017	390
2018	883
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,183
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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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	31
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1