Weather Records on 29 January 1933

126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1933. Highest significance: Kentani (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 January 1933

On 29 January 1933, 126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 122 daily.
Kentani (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 29 January 1933.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

126 stations

126 station records on 29 January 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Studley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkenba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

126 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 29 January 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 29 January 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

103 broken records

Margins by which the 103 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1933

Top 20 records on 29 January 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1933	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1933	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1933	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1933	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1933	Shevgaon, IN	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1933	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1933	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily low min	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	8.7 C (15.7 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Austin, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Rivertree (Myall), AU	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Harrisville Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Tg Jiu, RO	daily low min	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Pooncarie (Studley), AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Sydney, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Teriberka, RU	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1933	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	26.6 C (79.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	47 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1933. 1933 had 126 records.

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

Records on 01-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1804	1
1830	2
1831	1
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	2
1872	2
1873	3
1875	1
1877	2
1883	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	7
1896	3
1897	3
1898	10
1899	4
1900	9
1901	5
1902	7
1903	20
1904	6
1905	15
1906	17
1907	9
1908	16
1909	14
1910	57
1911	22
1912	28
1913	40
1914	57
1915	41
1916	286
1917	45
1918	134
1919	30
1920	57
1921	48
1922	47
1923	66
1924	155
1925	237
1926	170
1927	203
1928	116
1929	222
1930	116
1931	397
1932	338
1933	126
1934	536
1935	455
1936	536
1937	196
1938	224
1939	223
1940	386
1941	357
1942	451
1943	330
1944	423
1945	286
1946	181
1947	1,154
1948	697
1949	1,097
1950	768
1951	1,125
1952	239
1953	554
1954	755
1955	476
1956	642
1957	820
1958	834
1959	464
1960	441
1961	599
1962	635
1963	1,131
1964	143
1965	696
1966	2,021
1967	731
1968	806
1969	1,201
1970	611
1971	1,200
1972	296
1973	676
1974	1,195
1975	1,300
1976	570
1977	1,047
1978	738
1979	1,587
1980	791
1981	515
1982	667
1983	1,200
1984	689
1985	551
1986	831
1987	1,142
1988	829
1989	1,420
1990	1,218
1991	636
1992	1,293
1993	748
1994	1,010
1995	1,170
1996	808
1997	803
1998	675
1999	1,553
2000	1,365
2001	1,198
2002	2,267
2003	657
2004	1,074
2005	1,042
2006	1,600
2007	739
2008	1,026
2009	980
2010	1,014
2011	519
2012	604
2013	1,904
2014	1,816
2015	700
2016	864
2017	390
2018	883
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,183
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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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	90
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1