Weather Records on 26 January 1929

187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1929. Highest significance: Deloraine (Athol), AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1929

On 26 January 1929, 187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 183 daily.
Deloraine (Athol) set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 26 January 1929.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

187 stations

187 station records on 26 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	287.0 cm (113.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

187 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 26 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 26 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 183.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

146 broken records

Margins by which the 146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2235.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1929

Top 20 records on 26 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1929	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1929	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1929	Hamilton (Uralla), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1929	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1929	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	287.0 cm (113.0 in)	223.5 cm (88.0 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1929	Millerton, US	daily snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Black River, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Washington, US	daily snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Escanaba, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Prickley Range, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Saentis, CH	daily low max	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Yuma Wb City, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1929	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	20 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 187 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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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 500	142
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	1
1500 to 2000	2
2000 to 2500	1