Weather Records on 29 December 1931

363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1931. Highest significance: Engcobo (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 December 1931

On 29 December 1931, 363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 353 daily.
Engcobo (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 29 December 1931.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

363 stations

363 station records on 29 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

363 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 29 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 353.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1931

Top 20 records on 29 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1931	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	George Airport, ZA	monthly rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Lottering (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Syfergat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Hillmoor, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Ida, ZA	all-time rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Baziya (Bos), ZA	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Caguas, PR	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1931	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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

1799 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1931. 1931 had 363 records.

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

Records on 12-29 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1810	1
1824	1
1829	1
1839	2
1853	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1880	6
1881	4
1882	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	7
1891	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	1
1897	8
1898	7
1899	4
1900	1
1901	18
1902	8
1903	10
1904	16
1905	19
1906	14
1907	10
1908	21
1909	18
1910	7
1911	6
1912	52
1913	12
1914	46
1915	47
1916	69
1917	145
1918	33
1919	157
1920	68
1921	60
1922	42
1923	126
1924	119
1925	209
1926	117
1927	350
1928	93
1929	262
1930	96
1931	363
1932	192
1933	479
1934	406
1935	392
1936	552
1937	280
1938	178
1939	272
1940	648
1941	110
1942	458
1943	232
1944	226
1945	497
1946	1,122
1947	310
1948	711
1949	217
1950	286
1951	571
1952	156
1953	205
1954	955
1955	373
1956	563
1957	527
1958	442
1959	251
1960	404
1961	525
1962	754
1963	285
1964	533
1965	634
1966	719
1967	867
1968	1,028
1969	964
1970	694
1971	660
1972	1,001
1973	674
1974	719
1975	646
1976	748
1977	656
1978	1,349
1979	830
1980	959
1981	713
1982	1,565
1983	2,576
1984	2,687
1985	551
1986	752
1987	1,484
1988	1,082
1989	633
1990	1,861
1991	630
1992	1,099
1993	905
1994	965
1995	1,202
1996	2,213
1997	1,114
1998	783
1999	1,207
2000	1,677
2001	599
2002	959
2003	951
2004	909
2005	858
2006	1,219
2007	1,046
2008	753
2009	1,027
2010	1,308
2011	748
2012	805
2013	714
2014	506
2015	1,440
2016	620
2017	1,559
2018	440
2019	1,471
2020	504
2021	1,098
2022	516
2023	900
2024	931
2025	637

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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	270
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1