Weather Records on 12 December 1929

405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1929. Highest significance: Quincy, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 1929

On 12 December 1929, 405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 382 daily.
Quincy set a daily record precipitation of 101.3 mm (4.0 in) on 12 December 1929.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

405 stations

405 station records on 12 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.9 C (-52.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

405 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1929

Top 20 records on 12 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1929	Quincy, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Arcadia, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Elmira, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Eugene, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Battleford, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Los Gatos, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Nevada City, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	San Jose, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Mohonk Lake, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	2 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Subiaco, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1929	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	21 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 405 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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	331
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1