Weather Records on 29 December 1961

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1961. Highest significance: Lucknow, CA.

Key Facts for 29 December 1961

On 29 December 1961, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 350 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 499 daily.
Lucknow set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 29 December 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

525 stations

525 station records on 29 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-53.9 C (-65.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-50.6 C (-59.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middlewater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 138, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 212, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 29 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	138
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	212
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 29 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1961

Top 20 records on 29 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1961	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Oxford, GB	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Natashquan A, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Malvern, GB	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Zamora, ES	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Walnut, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Tarkio, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Valdez WSO, US	all-time low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Baddeck, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1961	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1961	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1961	Suldalsvatn, NO	monthly snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1961	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 December 1961	Sviland, NO	monthly snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	49 years	32 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1961. 1961 had 525 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	370
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1