Weather Records on 29 January 1953

554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1953. Highest significance: Cressy, AU.

Key Facts for 29 January 1953

On 29 January 1953, 554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 553 daily.
Cressy set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 29 January 1953.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

554 stations

554 station records on 29 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wynarka (Hooper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.8 mm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bannerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.1 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gadgarra Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lucin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jenner	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wapato	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

554 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 29 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 29 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 553.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1953

Top 20 records on 29 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1953	Cressy, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Winchelsea (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Wynarka (Hooper), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	241.8 mm (9.5 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Whroo, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Mvenyane, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Vale, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1953	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1953	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1953	Bannerton, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1953	Lima Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1953	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1953	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1953	Durham, GB	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1953	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	67 years	29 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1953. 1953 had 554 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	408
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	2