Weather Records on 25 January 1929

323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1929. Highest significance: Orroroo, AU.

Key Facts for 25 January 1929

On 25 January 1929, 323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 313 daily.
Orroroo set a daily record precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 25 January 1929.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

323 stations

323 station records on 25 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	287.0 cm (113.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

323 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 25 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 25 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 313.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2362.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1929

Top 20 records on 25 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1929	Orroroo, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Calumet, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Coldwater, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Corning, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Cairo River, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Rugby, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Port Arthur, CA	monthly snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Madison, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	287.0 cm (113.0 in)	236.2 cm (93.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Delaware, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	all-time snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1929	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1929	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1929	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1929	Carthage, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1929	Florence, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	32 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 323 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1929-01-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 500	272
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	2
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1