Weather Records on 28 January 1929

184 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1929. Highest significance: Ames 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 1929

On 28 January 1929, 184 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 174 daily.
Ames 3 SW set a daily record snow depth of 228.6 cm (90.0 in) on 28 January 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

184 stations

184 station records on 28 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	287.0 cm (113.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

184 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 28 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 28 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 3, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

152 broken records

Margins by which the 152 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1676.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1929

Top 20 records on 28 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1929	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1929	Conway, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1929	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	287.0 cm (113.0 in)	167.6 cm (66.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 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)
28 January 1929	Lewistown AP, US	all-time low min	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	all-time snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Clayoquot, CA	all-time low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Millerton, US	daily snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Canyon Ferry, US	all-time low max	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Goodwater, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	New Westminster, CA	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	13 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1929	Weston 2 SE, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	27 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

1796 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 184 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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 250	148
250 to 500	0
500 to 750	1
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	1
1500 to 1750	2