Weather Records on 29 December 1919

157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1919. Highest significance: Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE.

Key Facts for 29 December 1919

On 29 December 1919, 157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 146 daily.
Munchen-Nymphenburg set a daily record precipitation of 37.4 mm (1.5 in) on 29 December 1919.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

157 stations

157 station records on 29 December 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morangarell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-33.5 C (-28.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmouth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quandary (Happy Corner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-33.8 C (-28.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

157 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 December 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 December 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

146 broken records

Margins by which the 146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1919

Top 20 records on 29 December 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1919	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1919	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1919	Yarrawonga Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1919	Tungamah, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1919	Urana Post Office, AU	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1919	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1919	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1919	Wahgunyah, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1919	Currandooley, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Pitt Town (the Manse), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Morangarell, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	monthly rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Rotherwood, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1919	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	24 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1919. 1919 had 157 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 December 1919
Margin	Records
0 to 10	101
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2