Weather Records on 23 January 1929

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1929. Highest significance: Port Arthur, CA.

Key Facts for 23 January 1929

On 23 January 1929, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 290 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record snowfall of 13.5 cm (5.3 in) on 23 January 1929.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 23 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	391.9 mm (15.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Renova	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Renova	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 23 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 23 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 290.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

239 broken records

Margins by which the 239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 185.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1929

Top 20 records on 23 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1929	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1929	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1929	Bowen Post Office, AU	all-time rain	391.9 mm (15.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1929	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily low max	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	monthly high min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Colfax, US	daily low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	13.4 C (24.1 F)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Saint Maries, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily low min	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	12.7 C (22.9 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Wauseon Wtp, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Georgetown, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Dayville, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily low max	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Renova, US	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Rosalia, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Princeton, CA	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 January 1929	Moscow U of I, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	31 years	23 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 304 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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 25	226
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1