Weather Records on 29 January 1939

223 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1939. Highest significance: Waukomis, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 1939

On 29 January 1939, 223 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 220 daily.
Waukomis set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 29 January 1939.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

223 stations

223 station records on 29 January 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

223 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 29 January 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 29 January 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 220.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 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 January 1939

Top 20 records on 29 January 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1939	Waukomis, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Enid, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Enid, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Casey, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Tiffin, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1939	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1939	Kentani (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1939	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1939	Marengo, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1939	El Dorado, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1939	Alexandria, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	30 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1939. 1939 had 223 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	194
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