Weather Records on 22 January 1929

260 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1929. Highest significance: Fergus Falls, US.

Key Facts for 22 January 1929

On 22 January 1929, 260 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 254 daily.
Fergus Falls set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 22 January 1929.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

260 stations

260 station records on 22 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lacona	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

260 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 22 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 22 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

210 broken records

Margins by which the 210 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1929

Top 20 records on 22 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1929	Fergus Falls, US	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 January 1929	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1929	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1929	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1929	Faulkton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Minonk, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Monmouth, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Millerton, US	daily snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Kirksville, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Colfax, US	daily low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	14.5 C (26.1 F)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	22 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1929	Galva, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	23 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

1795 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 260 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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 200	208
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1