Weather Records on 29 December 1943

232 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1943. Highest significance: Bucuresti Filaret, RO.

Key Facts for 29 December 1943

On 29 December 1943, 232 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 230 daily.
Bucuresti Filaret set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 29 December 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

232 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Grange	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedoo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nudgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

232 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 29 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 29 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

204 broken records

Margins by which the 204 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1943

Top 20 records on 29 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1943	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1943	Quebrangulo, BR	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1943	Zevenfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1943	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1943	Ashland, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1943	Quincy, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1943	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1943	Mannington 1 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1943	Kia Ora Sandy Ridges, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Kellys Plain (Haroldston), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Woodview, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Bayard, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Nandoura, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16.1 C (29.0 F)	0 years	27 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1943. 1943 had 232 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1943-12-29: 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 25	170
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1