Weather Records on 29 January 1929

222 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1929. Highest significance: Oskaloosa, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 1929

On 29 January 1929, 222 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 217 daily.
Oskaloosa set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 29 January 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

222 stations

222 station records on 29 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

222 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 29 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 29 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 2, daily 217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1929

Top 20 records on 29 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1929	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1929	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low min	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Astoria, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Quatsino, CA	all-time low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 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)
29 January 1929	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Innsbruck, AT	daily low min	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Beaver Lake, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	all-time snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Astoria, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Naracoorte Cave Range, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Moyston, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1929	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	36 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

1796 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 222 records.

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

Records on 01-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1804	1
1830	2
1831	1
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	2
1872	2
1873	3
1875	1
1877	2
1883	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	7
1896	3
1897	3
1898	10
1899	4
1900	9
1901	5
1902	7
1903	20
1904	6
1905	15
1906	17
1907	9
1908	16
1909	14
1910	57
1911	22
1912	28
1913	40
1914	57
1915	41
1916	286
1917	45
1918	134
1919	30
1920	57
1921	48
1922	47
1923	66
1924	155
1925	237
1926	170
1927	203
1928	116
1929	222
1930	116
1931	397
1932	338
1933	126
1934	536
1935	455
1936	536
1937	196
1938	224
1939	223
1940	386
1941	357
1942	451
1943	330
1944	423
1945	286
1946	181
1947	1,154
1948	697
1949	1,097
1950	768
1951	1,125
1952	239
1953	554
1954	755
1955	476
1956	642
1957	820
1958	834
1959	464
1960	441
1961	599
1962	635
1963	1,131
1964	143
1965	696
1966	2,021
1967	731
1968	806
1969	1,201
1970	611
1971	1,200
1972	296
1973	676
1974	1,195
1975	1,300
1976	570
1977	1,047
1978	738
1979	1,587
1980	791
1981	515
1982	667
1983	1,200
1984	689
1985	551
1986	831
1987	1,142
1988	829
1989	1,420
1990	1,218
1991	636
1992	1,293
1993	748
1994	1,010
1995	1,170
1996	808
1997	803
1998	675
1999	1,553
2000	1,365
2001	1,198
2002	2,267
2003	657
2004	1,074
2005	1,042
2006	1,600
2007	739
2008	1,026
2009	980
2010	1,014
2011	519
2012	604
2013	1,904
2014	1,816
2015	700
2016	864
2017	390
2018	883
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,183
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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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 100	171
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1