Weather Records on 29 December 1976

748 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1976. Highest significance: Paarl (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 December 1976

On 29 December 1976, 748 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 518 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 697 daily.
Paarl (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.0 mm (3.4 in) on 29 December 1976.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

748 stations

748 station records on 29 December 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Rafael	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte de Itabapoana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chokpak	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

748 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 255, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 263, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 29 December 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	255
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	263
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 29 December 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 51, daily 697.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

617 broken records

Margins by which the 617 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 186.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1976

Top 20 records on 29 December 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1976	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1976	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1976	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Petoskey, US	monthly low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Chilton, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Janesville, US	monthly low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Grayling, US	monthly low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Sao Rafael, BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Kristianstad, SE	monthly low min	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Albion, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Escanaba, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Karlshamn, SE	monthly low min	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Hermann, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	New Bedford Coop, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Bergland Dam, US	monthly low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Kingston, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Beaver Is, US	monthly low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	monthly low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Princeton, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1976	Stanley Wwtp, US	monthly low max	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1976. 1976 had 748 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 25	570
25 to 50	29
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1