Weather Records on 29 January 1993

748 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1993. Highest significance: Victoria River Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 29 January 1993

On 29 January 1993, 748 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 728 daily.
Victoria River Downs set a daily record precipitation of 113.4 mm (4.5 in) on 29 January 1993.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

748 stations

748 station records on 29 January 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Otaru	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coamo 2 SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Krilon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wasilla 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Central San Francisco	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Blanca 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Keats Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mogen	Norway	Record snow depth	179.0 cm (70.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp (Dam)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record snow depth	205.7 cm (81.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Alta Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

748 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 84.

Records on 29 January 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	84

Records on 29 January 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

641 broken records

Margins by which the 641 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 490.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1993

Top 20 records on 29 January 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1993	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1993	Fajardo, PR	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1993	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1993	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Surat Thani, TH	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	133.5 mm (5.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Otaru, JP	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Mayaguez AP, PR	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Worland, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Coamo 2 SW, PR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Aceituna Wtp, PR	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Dolinsk, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Mys Krilon, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Riverton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Timovskoe, RU	daily high min	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Ft Bidwell, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Sisters, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Nakhon Si Thammarat, TH	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1993	Bajramaly, TM	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	100 years	46 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 748 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 100	607
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1