Weather Records on 29 December 1938

178 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1938. Highest significance: Zerbst, DE.

Key Facts for 29 December 1938

On 29 December 1938, 178 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 174 daily.
Zerbst set a monthly record snow depth of 30.0 cm (11.8 in) on 29 December 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

178 stations

178 station records on 29 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pilgrims Rest (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

178 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 29 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 29 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

140 broken records

Margins by which the 140 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1938

Top 20 records on 29 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1938	Zerbst, DE	monthly snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1938	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1938	Cue, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1938	Pilgrims Rest (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1938	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Poortjie, ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Delmas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Miles City, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	65 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Planknek, ZA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily low min	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Edmonton, CA	daily low min	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Hillsdown, CA	daily low min	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1938	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily low min	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	53 years	21 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1938. 1938 had 178 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 20	119
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3