Weather Records on 29 December 1986

752 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1986. Highest significance: Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE.

Key Facts for 29 December 1986

On 29 December 1986, 752 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 731 daily.
Doberlug-Kirchhain set a daily record precipitation of 35.4 mm (1.4 in) on 29 December 1986.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

752 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
General Bravo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Achisaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beekbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wunstorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tilburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hildesheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osnabruck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little Harmony, Rich	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iol	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Megen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Diepholz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wauna 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkoenkrans (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hannover	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annaturm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Esbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boxtel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ermany	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

752 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 517, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 29 December 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	517
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 29 December 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1986

Top 20 records on 29 December 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1986	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1986	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1986	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1986	San Juan, MX	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Gutersloh, DE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Nooitgedacht, ZA	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	General Bravo (Dge), MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Bramsche, DE	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Ammerzoden, NL	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Achisaj, KZ	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Beekbergen, NL	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Brocken, DE	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Herzberg, DE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Wunstorf, DE	monthly rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Tilburg, NL	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Gilze-Rijen_1, NL	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Hildesheim, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1986	Osnabruck, DE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	47 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1986. 1986 had 752 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 10	509
10 to 20	130
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1