Weather Records on 29 January 1964

143 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1964. Highest significance: Myrup, AU.

Key Facts for 29 January 1964

On 29 January 1964, 143 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 142 daily.
Myrup set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 29 January 1964.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

143 stations

143 station records on 29 January 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ubaira (Areia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fran?A	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.8 C (-41.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bonito (Ibiapora)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cintalapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Searsburg Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moorine Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caraubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

143 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 29 January 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 29 January 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

126 broken records

Margins by which the 126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1964

Top 20 records on 29 January 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1964	Myrup, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1964	Ubaira (Areia), BR	daily rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1964	Salvador, BR	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1964	Rotan, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1964	Fran?A, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Palermo, IT	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Virden, CA	daily high max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Sotchi, RU	daily low min	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Virden, CA	daily high min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Alcozauca (Smn), MX	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Berens River, CA	daily low max	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Vectis, Winterton, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Wittebank, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Enzelberg, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Syktyvkar, RU	daily low min	-40.8 C (-41.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily low min	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Sulak, RU	all-time low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1964	Cloudcroft, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	49 years	23 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 143 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1964-01-29: 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 25	113
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1