Weather Records on 29 January 1986

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1986. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 29 January 1986

On 29 January 1986, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
391 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 801 daily.
Genoa set a daily record precipitation of 99.0 mm (3.9 in) on 29 January 1986.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 29 January 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 131, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 29 January 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	131
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 29 January 1986 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1986

Top 20 records on 29 January 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1986	Genoa, IT	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Maricopa, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Park City G.C., US	monthly high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Titusville, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Elmira, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Pulaski 2 E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Highland Home, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Williams, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Collbran, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Eureka, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Lugano, CH	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Porterville, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Crescent City, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Rocky Mt, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Oxnard, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Yosemite Park HQ, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1986	Climax, US	daily high min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 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

1796 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1986. 1986 had 831 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 25	587
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1