Weather Records on 29 December 1933

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1933. Highest significance: Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1933

On 29 December 1933, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 326 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 48 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 364 daily.
Sandy Cape Lighthouse set a monthly record daily precipitation of 196.3 mm (7.7 in) on 29 December 1933.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

479 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 199, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 29 December 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	199
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 29 December 1933 by timescale: all-time 48, monthly 67, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1933

Top 20 records on 29 December 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1933	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1933	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	all-time low max	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Charlottetown, CA	all-time low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	138.1 mm (5.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Cloverdale, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Nashua 2 NNW, US	all-time low max	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Ottawa, CA	all-time low max	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Saint John, CA	all-time low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Ottawa, CA	all-time low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Bathurst, CA	monthly low max	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Fredericton Unb, CA	all-time low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Bancroft, CA	all-time low max	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Dover, US	all-time low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Watertown, US	all-time low min	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Beatrice, CA	all-time low max	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Toronto, CA	monthly low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Port Jervis, US	all-time low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1933	Kingston Queens U, CA	monthly low min	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	58 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1933. 1933 had 479 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 100	390
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1