Weather Records on 29 December 1975

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1975. Highest significance: Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1975

On 29 December 1975, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 635 daily.
Carrathool (Gum Creek) set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 29 December 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 29 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Boonongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Beilpajah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wolwefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hope A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Griffith Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 29 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 29 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 635.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1975

Top 20 records on 29 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1975	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1975	Hay (Mulberrygong), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Groongal (Groongal Station), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	High Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Beaverlodge Cda, CA	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Trida (Murrumbong), AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Waseca, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Lawrence, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Jerilderie (Pooginook), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Koetong, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	6.2 C (43.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	131 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Hammond, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Urana (Boonongo), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1975	Noblesville River, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	38 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1975. 1975 had 646 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	540
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2