Weather Records on 29 January 1943

330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1943. Highest significance: Silda Belpahari, IN.

Key Facts for 29 January 1943

On 29 January 1943, 330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 323 daily.
Silda Belpahari set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 29 January 1943.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

330 stations

330 station records on 29 January 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mankachar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerusalem St. Anne	Israel	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa Do Ceara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dwight	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

330 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 29 January 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 29 January 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1943

Top 20 records on 29 January 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1943	Silda Belpahari, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Rajnandgaon, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Matamoras, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Mankachar, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Little Falls, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Jowai, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Jerusalem St. Anne, IL	daily rain	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Holyoke, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1943	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Katbari, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Baihar, IN	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Daudnagar(Haspur), IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Kowardha, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1943	Durg(Drug), IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	29 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1943. 1943 had 330 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1943-01-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 200	296
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1