Weather Records on 22 December 1929

285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1929. Highest significance: Dialville 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1929

On 22 December 1929, 285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 237 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 270 daily.
Dialville 2 W set an all-time record daily snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 22 December 1929.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

285 stations

285 station records on 22 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.3 C (-22.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

285 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 22, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 22 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 22 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

226 broken records

Margins by which the 226 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 213.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1929

Top 20 records on 22 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1929	Dialville 2 W, US	all-time snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1929	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1929	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Temple, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Waco, US	monthly low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Steveston, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Waxahachie, US	monthly low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Franklin 3 NW, US	monthly low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Houma, US	monthly low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Melville, US	monthly low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Olga 2 SE, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Biloxi, US	monthly low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	monthly low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
22 December 1929	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	20 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

1793 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 285 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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	213
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1