Weather Records on 29 January 1994

1,010 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1994. Highest significance: Lead, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 1994

On 29 January 1994, 1,010 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
338 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 964 daily.
Lead set a daily record snowfall of 62.5 cm (24.6 in) on 29 January 1994.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,010 stations

1,010 station records on 29 January 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	62.5 cm (24.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pettibone	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kajnar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Washington 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cerqueira Cesar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riversul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sanders	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tomazina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
High Point Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
York Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarituba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Sao Jose	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crane	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley 11 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Claryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,010 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 187, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 121, Deepest snow cover 124.

Records on 29 January 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	187
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	121
Deepest snow cover	124

Records on 29 January 1994 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 41, daily 964.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

793 broken records

Margins by which the 793 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1994

Top 20 records on 29 January 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1994	Lead, US	daily snowfall	62.5 cm (24.6 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1994	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	97 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1994	Pettibone, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1994	Kajnar, KZ	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1994	Washington 3 SSW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Oshkosh, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Perry, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Lupton 1S, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Cerqueira Cesar, BR	monthly rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Highmarket 2W, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Stamford 1, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Riversul, BR	daily rain	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Sanders, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Barkhamsted, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Tomazina, BR	daily rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Limassol, CY	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	San Jose del Cabo, MX	all-time low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1994	Rauland, NO	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 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

1796 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1994. 1994 had 1,010 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	746
100 to 200	31
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	2