Weather Records on 29 January 1937

196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1937. Highest significance: Tarboro 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 1937

On 29 January 1937, 196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 189 daily.
Tarboro 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 29 January 1937.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

196 stations

196 station records on 29 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

196 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 29 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 29 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 4, daily 189.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

170 broken records

Margins by which the 170 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1937

Top 20 records on 29 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1937	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Williamsburg 2 NW, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Darlington, US	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Greenville, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Southern Pines 2 W, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Winnemucca AP, US	all-time snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Weldon, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Society Hill 6 S, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Armour, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Williams, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1937	Salisbury, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1937	Louisburg, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1937	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1937	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 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

1796 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 196 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 100	165
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1