Weather Records on 29 December 1935

392 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1935. Highest significance: Salisbury, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 1935

On 29 December 1935, 392 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 381 daily.
Salisbury set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 29 December 1935.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

392 stations

392 station records on 29 December 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rock House	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

392 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 29 December 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 29 December 1935 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 381.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 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 1935

Top 20 records on 29 December 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1935	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Rock House, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Gettysburg, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Mt Vernon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Statesville 2 NNE, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Richmond Chimborazo Pk, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Morgan City, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Washington, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1935	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1935	Khairagarh, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1935	Lugano, CH	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1935	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	32 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1935. 1935 had 392 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	298
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1