Weather Records on 16 February 1929

217 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1929. Highest significance: Eden (Caravan Park), AU.

Key Facts for 16 February 1929

On 16 February 1929, 217 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 212 daily.
Eden (Caravan Park) set a daily record precipitation of 102.6 mm (4.0 in) on 16 February 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

217 stations

217 station records on 16 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

217 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 16 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 16 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 2, daily 212.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1929

Top 20 records on 16 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1929	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Milan, IT	daily low min	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Mohall, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Nerriga Composite, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Clark, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Zerbst, DE	all-time snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1929	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1929	Durham, GB	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1929	Darlington, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1929	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1929	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	all-time snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1929	Americus, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	30 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

1794 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 217 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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 200	190
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1