Weather Records on 3 February 1929

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

Key Facts for 3 February 1929

On 3 February 1929, 132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 110 daily.
Grinnell 3 SW set a daily record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 3 February 1929.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 557 records.

Record Map

132 stations

132 station records on 3 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 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)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.4 C (-53.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

132 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 32, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 3 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 3 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 16, daily 110.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

108 broken records

Margins by which the 108 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1929

Top 20 records on 3 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1929	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1929	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1929	Kremsmuenster, AT	all-time low min	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1929	Wien, AT	monthly low max	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1929	Wien, AT	monthly low min	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1929	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1929	Bologna, IT	daily low min	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Clark, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	9.6 C (17.3 F)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Kremsmuenster, AT	monthly low max	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1929	Tunis, TN	monthly low max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	22 years	26 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 132 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 February 1929
Margin	Records
0 to 100	99
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1