Weather Records on 29 December 1964

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1964. Highest significance: Spruce, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 1964

On 29 December 1964, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 506 daily.
Spruce set a monthly record daily snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 29 December 1964.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

533 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spruce	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sandy	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vastrap	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalama 5 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record snow depth	213.4 cm (84.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clowhom Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 29 December 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 29 December 1964 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 506.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1964

Top 20 records on 29 December 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1964	Spruce, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Oakridge Fish Hatchery, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Grindstone Island, CA	daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Bakke, NO	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	103 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Landsburg, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Olenja Rechka, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Moorddrift, ZA	monthly rain	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Detroit, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Ovre Sirdal, NO	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Pachena Point, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Browning, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Cumberland, CA	daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Cascadia, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Cochrane, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Lowestoft, GB	monthly low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1964	Tehachapi, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	49 years	36 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1964. 1964 had 533 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	351
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1