Weather Records on 29 December 1948

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1948. Highest significance: Boomanoomana, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1948

On 29 December 1948, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 690 daily.
Boomanoomana set a daily record precipitation of 67.6 mm (2.7 in) on 29 December 1948.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 29 December 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grassmere 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Piree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Devenish	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uroly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rifle	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 480, Heaviest daily snowfall 113, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 29 December 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	480
Heaviest daily snowfall	113
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 29 December 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1948

Top 20 records on 29 December 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1948	Boomanoomana, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1948	Charlotte Plains, AU	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1948	Sycamore, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1948	Hillview (Ballandry), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1948	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1948	Grassmere 1, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Piree, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Devenish, AU	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Moyhu, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Waterloo, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Nathalia (Post Office), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Lake Boga, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Huntington, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Numurkah Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1948	Myrtleford Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	53 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1948. 1948 had 711 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 50	581
50 to 100	49
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1