Weather Records on 29 January 1965

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1965. Highest significance: Riggins, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 1965

On 29 January 1965, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 242 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 666 daily.
Riggins set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 29 January 1965.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 29 January 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groothoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beechy	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quaggasdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 29 January 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 29 January 1965 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 26, daily 666.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 256.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1965

Top 20 records on 29 January 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1965	Riggins, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1965	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	25.6 cm (10.1 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1965	Gillette 3SE, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1965	Lake Cle Elum, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Bayard, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Lorraine, ZA	monthly rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Waterfall, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Buckley 1 NE, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Packwood, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Kuujjuarapik A, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Kirksville, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Malta, US	all-time snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Cle Elum, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Kosmos, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1965	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 years	39 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

1796 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1965. 1965 had 696 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

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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	499
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1