Weather Records on 29 December 1920

68 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1920. Highest significance: Alice Springs Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1920

On 29 December 1920, 68 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 64 daily.
Alice Springs Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.4 mm (4.7 in) on 29 December 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

68 stations

68 station records on 29 December 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgar Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

68 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 29 December 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 December 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 64.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

65 broken records

Margins by which the 65 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1920

Top 20 records on 29 December 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1920	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1920	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1920	Armagh, GB	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1920	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1920	Dunlop, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1920	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Fergana, UZ	monthly rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Weissenburg, DE	daily high min	8.7 C (47.7 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Bamberg, DE	daily high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Bedooba, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Astoria, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1920	Fort National, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	20 years	16 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1920. 1920 had 68 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	56
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1