Weather Records on 29 December 1952

156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1952. Highest significance: Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1952

On 29 December 1952, 156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 153 daily.
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 29 December 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

156 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	216.0 cm (85.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido Church Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.9 C (-50.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Citrus STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

156 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 29 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 29 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

128 broken records

Margins by which the 128 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1952

Top 20 records on 29 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1952	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1952	Martenshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1952	Oberon (Jenolan Caves), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1952	Elandshoek, ZA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1952	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1952	Denman Island, CA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1952	Lower Boro (Calderwood), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1952	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Cudgegong (Kiora), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Alkmaar, ZA	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Gatesville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Nanaimo Departure Bay, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Hvar, HR	daily high min	13.2 C (55.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Cumberland, CA	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Rietvallei, ZA	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1952	Galong, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	6 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1952. 1952 had 156 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 100	127
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1