Weather Records on 29 January 1945

286 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1945. Highest significance: Tangley, AU.

Key Facts for 29 January 1945

On 29 January 1945, 286 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 282 daily.
Tangley set a daily record precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 29 January 1945.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

286 stations

286 station records on 29 January 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owens Gap (T.O.K.)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Megantic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Megantic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Creek (Clendinning)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

286 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 29 January 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 29 January 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 282.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

239 broken records

Margins by which the 239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1945

Top 20 records on 29 January 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1945	Tangley, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1945	Quipolly Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1945	Owens Gap (T.O.K.), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1945	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1945	Galway, IE	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1945	Griggsville, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1945	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1945	Aberdeen (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Burindi, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Mullaley (Bando), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Curlewis (Wandobah), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Pickens 1, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Lake Megantic, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Lake Megantic, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Ulamambri Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Roberval Nord, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1945	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	16 years	26 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1945. 1945 had 286 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 25	196
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1