Weather Records on 29 January 1946

181 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1946. Highest significance: Meda, AU.

Key Facts for 29 January 1946

On 29 January 1946, 181 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 180 daily.
Meda set a daily record precipitation of 146.8 mm (5.8 in) on 29 January 1946.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

181 stations

181 station records on 29 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-50.5 C (-58.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-46.1 C (-51.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

181 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 180.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

154 broken records

Margins by which the 154 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1946

Top 20 records on 29 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1946	Meda, AU	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1946	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1946	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1946	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1946	Oak Hills Station, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Mill Creek, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Kimberley Downs, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Surgut, RU	daily low min	-50.5 C (-58.9 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Homestead 985, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Oakland, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Napa State Hospital, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1946	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1946. 1946 had 181 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 20	127
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1