Weather Records on 29 December 1942

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1942. Highest significance: Charters Towers Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1942

On 29 December 1942, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 444 daily.
Charters Towers Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 29 December 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 29 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	321.8 mm (12.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	398.0 mm (15.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pajingo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rpf 126 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coomrith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarral Yarral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moree (Bullerana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 29 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 29 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1942

Top 20 records on 29 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1942	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1942	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1942	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	monthly rain	321.8 mm (12.7 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Inkerman Station, AU	all-time rain	398.0 mm (15.7 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Kalamia Estate, AU	monthly rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Marion 1 N, US	all-time rain	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Stamford Station, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Queenton, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Terry Hie Hie, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Strathmore, AU	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Mount Playfair, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1942	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	39 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1942. 1942 had 458 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	346
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1