Weather Records on 1 February 1929

178 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1929. Highest significance: Grinnell 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 1 February 1929

On 1 February 1929, 178 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 167 daily.
Grinnell 3 SW set a daily record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 1 February 1929.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

178 stations

178 station records on 1 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	378.5 cm (149.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.0 C (-56.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.7 C (-48.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-35.4 C (-31.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record snow depth	215.9 cm (85.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

178 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 1 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 1 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 167.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

145 broken records

Margins by which the 145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1929

Top 20 records on 1 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1929	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1929	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Marshalltown, US	monthly snow depth	378.5 cm (149.0 in)	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Clark, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Wien, AT	daily low min	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Cobar Post Office, AU	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Wellwood, ZA	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Quatsino, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Enisejsk, RU	daily low min	-49.0 C (-56.2 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Henichesk, UA	daily low min	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Lenox, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Haskell, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Kazan, RU	monthly low max	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Tucson WFO, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Bella Coola, CA	monthly low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Vilnius, LT	daily low min	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1929	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 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

1795 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 178 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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	135
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1