Weather Records on 29 January 1981

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1981. Highest significance: Amatikulu, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 January 1981

On 29 January 1981, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 500 daily.
Amatikulu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 188.0 mm (7.4 in) on 29 January 1981.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 29 January 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amatikulu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cavenagh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyanga	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colinet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uitzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juliana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midlake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macumba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitman 24 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 29 January 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 29 January 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1981

Top 20 records on 29 January 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1981	Amatikulu, ZA	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1981	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1981	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1981	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Mount Dare, AU	monthly rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Huntington Lake, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Mount Cavenagh, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Barton, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	The Hermatige, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Flinders Island Airport, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Beloit, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Hart Mtn Refuge, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Sonora, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Kingsley Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Wyanga, ZW	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Gilroy, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Stockton 1 E, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Goodland, US	monthly snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1981	Colinet, CA	daily snowfall	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12.8 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	42 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1981. 1981 had 515 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	884
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,182
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	424
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1