Weather Records on 14 January 1929

244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1929. Highest significance: Dubuque River, US.

Key Facts for 14 January 1929

On 14 January 1929, 244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 236 daily.
Dubuque River set a daily record snowfall of 17.0 cm (6.7 in) on 14 January 1929.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

244 stations

244 station records on 14 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

244 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 14 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 14 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 4, daily 236.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

198 broken records

Margins by which the 198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1929

Top 20 records on 14 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1929	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1929	Hillsdale, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1929	Coldwater St School, US	all-time low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1929	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Nuwara Eliya, LK	all-time low min	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Oconto 4 W, US	all-time low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Marengo, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Watford, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily high min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Barrie, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Clark, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Brazoria, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Saint John, CA	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Marion, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Oberlin, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1929	Grayling, US	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	35 years	21 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 244 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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 100	191
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1