Weather Records on 29 December 1985

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1985. Highest significance: Dupree, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 1985

On 29 December 1985, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 524 daily.
Dupree set a daily record snow depth of 63.5 cm (25.0 in) on 29 December 1985.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 29 December 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dupree	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nigniy_Studeniy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Butte	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carmo Do Cajuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Guaracha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Res.Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Owl	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nordoyan Fyr	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hankinson	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Isabel Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 137.

Records on 29 December 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	137

Records on 29 December 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 524.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 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 December 1985

Top 20 records on 29 December 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1985	Dupree, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Columbia 8 N, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Mitchell 5E, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Vale, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Britton, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Glad Valley 2 W, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Bliss 4 NW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Raymond 3 NE, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Lead, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Barkestad, NO	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Nigniy_Studeniy, UA	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Watertown, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Andarai, BR	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Sterling, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Sharon Springs, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Eagle Butte, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Albion, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1985	Porto, BR	daily rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1985. 1985 had 551 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	353
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	3
350 to 400	3