Weather Records on 29 December 1970

694 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1970. Highest significance: Peak Hill Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1970

On 29 December 1970, 694 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 668 daily.
Peak Hill Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 29 December 1970.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

694 stations

694 station records on 29 December 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Bowglen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gwabegar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caroona (West Mooki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bylong (Montoro)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Mia Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cryon (Koothney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yannergee (Dobroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bexley Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (General Store)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (the Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Newnes Forest Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yalwal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rouchel Brook (Albano)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

694 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 486, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 29 December 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	486
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 29 December 1970 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1970

Top 20 records on 29 December 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1970	Peak Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1970	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1970	Tambar Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1970	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1970	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Burren Junction (Hastings Stre, AU	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Merriwa (Bowglen), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Gwabegar Post Office, AU	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Kickerbell, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Chiloquin 1 E, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.5 cm (8.5 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Caroona (West Mooki), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Bylong (Montoro), AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Coonabarabran (Mia Mia), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1970	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	50 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1970. 1970 had 694 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	606
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1