Weather Records on 29 December 1932

192 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1932. Highest significance: Riverton, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 1932

On 29 December 1932, 192 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 191 daily.
Riverton set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 29 December 1932.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

192 stations

192 station records on 29 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.0 C (-41.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.5 C (-35.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.8 C (-50.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimber	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.7 C (-53.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

192 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 191.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

144 broken records

Margins by which the 144 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1932

Top 20 records on 29 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1932	Riverton, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1932	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Perryville, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Biser, RU	daily low min	-41.0 C (-41.8 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Pitea, SE	daily high max	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Alamogordo 1, US	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Perm, RU	daily low min	-38.4 C (-37.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high max	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily low min	-37.5 C (-35.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Haparanda, SE	daily high min	1.5 C (34.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1932	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	38 years	19 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

1799 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1932. 1932 had 192 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 10	134
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1