Weather Records on 29 January 1978

738 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1978. Highest significance: Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU.

Key Facts for 29 January 1978

On 29 January 1978, 738 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 48 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 651 daily.
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio set a daily record precipitation of 78.8 mm (3.1 in) on 29 January 1978.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

738 stations

738 station records on 29 January 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	238.0 mm (9.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marble Hill	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.6 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Qulin	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.4 mm (6.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gurnang State Forest (Oberon Y	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Ferry Dam 5O	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westmead Austral Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turramurra (Kissing Point Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	271.2 mm (10.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bengalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pymble (Canisius College)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tell City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

738 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 236.

Records on 29 January 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	236

Records on 29 January 1978 by timescale: all-time 48, monthly 39, daily 651.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

560 broken records

Margins by which the 560 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1978

Top 20 records on 29 January 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1978	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	114 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1978	Montpelier, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1978	Berowra (Goodwyn Road), AU	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1978	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1978	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1978	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	monthly rain	238.0 mm (9.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1978	Marble Hill, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Tiffin, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Rugby (Carovale), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Roebuck Plains, AU	daily rain	258.6 mm (10.2 in)	199.2 mm (7.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	175.6 mm (6.9 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	S Bend AP, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Riverview Observatory, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Madisonville, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Qulin, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1978	Broome Airport, AU	daily rain	172.4 mm (6.8 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	24 years	51 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1978. 1978 had 738 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	426
50 to 100	65
100 to 150	35
150 to 200	16
200 to 250	11
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1