Weather Records on 29 December 1958

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1958. Highest significance: Clarksville, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 1958

On 29 December 1958, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 424 daily.
Clarksville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 117.6 mm (4.6 in) on 29 December 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 29 December 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crisfield Somrs Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inyoko	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quay 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pampa Wb AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 29 December 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 29 December 1958 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 13, daily 424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 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 1958

Top 20 records on 29 December 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1958	Clarksville, US	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1958	Danville 2 SE, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1958	Farmville, US	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1958	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1958	New Canton, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Ft Stanton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	San Jon, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Lynchburg 7 St Brg, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Vaughn, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Buchanan, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Bell Ranch, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Campo Largo, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Amistad 5 SSW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Aurora, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Palma 2 NE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1958	Oswego, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	13 years	47 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1958. 1958 had 442 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	334
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1