Weather Records on 29 March 1955

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1955. Highest significance: Copmanhurst Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 March 1955

On 29 March 1955, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 361 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 625 daily.
Copmanhurst Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 29 March 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 29 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mayne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.4 mm (10.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dumpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	157.0 cm (61.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newrybar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georges Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Caroline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kumminin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olds	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 263, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 29 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	263
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 29 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

520 broken records

Margins by which the 520 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1955

Top 20 records on 29 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1955	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Timbauba, BR	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Shackleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Wylie Creek (Aloomba), AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Elands Post Office, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Edjudina, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Mayne Junction, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Calliope Public School, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Comboyne Post Office, AU	monthly rain	265.4 mm (10.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	The Granites, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Champhai, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Ardath, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1955	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	monthly low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	38 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

1805 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1955. 1955 had 635 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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Data for records on 1955-03-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	517
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1