Weather Records on 2 February 1929

159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1929. Highest significance: Grinnell 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 2 February 1929

On 2 February 1929, 159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 144 daily.
Grinnell 3 SW set a daily record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 2 February 1929.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

159 stations

159 station records on 2 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 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)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	355.6 cm (140.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-32.4 C (-26.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.9 C (-43.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.9 C (-50.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

159 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 25, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 2 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	25
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 2 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1929

Top 20 records on 2 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1929	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1929	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1929	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	355.6 cm (140.0 in)	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1929	Wien, AT	daily low min	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Vilnius, LT	daily low min	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	10.4 C (18.7 F)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 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)
2 February 1929	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	63 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Hvar, HR	monthly low min	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Wien, AT	daily low max	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Graz, AT	monthly low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Lenox, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Salzburg, AT	monthly low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Graz, AT	monthly low min	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low min	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Calarasi, RO	monthly low max	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1929	Tobolsk, RU	monthly low min	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	32 years	24 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 159 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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	138
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	1