Weather Records on 1 December 1929

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1929. Highest significance: Decatur Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 1 December 1929

On 1 December 1929, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 362 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 507 daily.
Decatur Wtp set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 1 December 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

515 stations

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

Weather records on 1 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 243, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 1 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	243
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 1 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1929

Top 20 records on 1 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1929	Decatur Wtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1929	Galway, IE	monthly high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1929	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1929	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	David City 4E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Glenville, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Hamilton, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Menasha, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Mt Sterling, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Quantico 1 S, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1929	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	43 years	23 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

1797 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1929. 1929 had 515 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 50	423
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2