Weather Records on 10 December 1929

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1929. Highest significance: Hanover (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 10 December 1929

On 10 December 1929, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 237 daily.
Hanover (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 10 December 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 10 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.0 C (-45.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 10 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 10 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 237.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1929

Top 20 records on 10 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1929	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1929	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1929	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1929	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Beaver Lake, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Petrusville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Cowles, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Soldier Creek Adm Site, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Heber, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Nevada City, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Lewistown AP, US	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 December 1929	Banff, CA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	32 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

1796 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 250 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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	176
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2