Weather Records on 29 January 1952

239 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1952. Highest significance: Caguas, PR.

Key Facts for 29 January 1952

On 29 January 1952, 239 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 234 daily.
Caguas set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 29 January 1952.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

239 stations

239 station records on 29 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	223.5 cm (88.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

239 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 29 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 29 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

195 broken records

Margins by which the 195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1952

Top 20 records on 29 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1952	Caguas, PR	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Vredefort (Skl), ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Causapscal, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1952	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Maunabo, PR	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	223.5 cm (88.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Riva, IT	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Bulsfontein, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1952	Leliekloof, ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1952. 1952 had 239 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 January 1952
Margin	Records
0 to 100	185
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2