Weather Records on 12 January 1929

103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1929. Highest significance: Daly Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1929

On 12 January 1929, 103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 101 daily.
Daly Waters set a daily record precipitation of 87.1 mm (3.4 in) on 12 January 1929.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

103 stations

103 station records on 12 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.8 C (-50.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.8 C (-46.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

103 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 101.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

87 broken records

Margins by which the 87 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1929

Top 20 records on 12 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1929	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1929	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Trenton 1 NNE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Corning, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Faulkton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	monthly high max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Faulkton, US	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Corning, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Graz, AT	daily low min	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Americus, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1929	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	18 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

1794 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 103 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 20	72
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2