Weather Records on 7 December 1929

146 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1929. Highest significance: Risnes I Fjotland, NO.

Key Facts for 7 December 1929

On 7 December 1929, 146 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 144 daily.
Risnes I Fjotland set a daily record precipitation of 58.0 mm (2.3 in) on 7 December 1929.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

146 stations

146 station records on 7 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.9 C (-39.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.5 C (-39.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.8 C (-43.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

146 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 44, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

120 broken records

Margins by which the 120 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1929

Top 20 records on 7 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1929	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1929	Helena Wb City, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1929	Aseral, NO	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1929	Mykland, NO	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Astana, KZ	daily low min	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Cherdyn', RU	daily low min	-39.9 C (-39.8 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Sviland, NO	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Perm, RU	daily low min	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Helena Wb City, US	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Tiffin, US	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Junsele, SE	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Tasiilaq, GL	daily high min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1929	Bakke, NO	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 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

1801 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1929. 1929 had 146 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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 20	115
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1