Weather Records on 29 December 1965

634 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1965. Highest significance: Mestad I Oddernes, NO.

Key Facts for 29 December 1965

On 29 December 1965, 634 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 618 daily.
Mestad I Oddernes set a daily record snow depth of 164.0 cm (64.6 in) on 29 December 1965.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

634 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	164.0 cm (64.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca (Imoroti)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Pines Park Fc83B	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	306.6 mm (12.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Seco Rng STN Fc	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vincent Fs Fc 120	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Searsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gem Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valyermo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

634 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 29 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 29 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 770.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1965

Top 20 records on 29 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1965	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	164.0 cm (64.6 in)	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Silver Lake Brighton, US	daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Big Tujunga Dam Fc46, US	monthly rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Ojai, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Sandberg, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Torrance AP, US	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Pasadena, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Stillwater Power House, CA	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Maricopa, US	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Agua Branca (Imoroti), BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Big Pines Park Fc83B, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Sundance, US	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Herefoss, NO	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Opids Camp Fc 57 Be, US	monthly rain	306.6 mm (12.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Britannia Beach Furry Cr, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1965	Schierke, DE	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	77 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1965. 1965 had 634 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 100	466
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1