Weather Records on 29 December 1994

965 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1994. Highest significance: Cerro de Ortega, MX.

Key Facts for 29 December 1994

On 29 December 1994, 965 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
611 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 927 daily.
Cerro de Ortega set a daily record low maximum temperature of 20.6 C (69.1 F) on 29 December 1994.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

965 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itabera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicurus (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolmen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Luiz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kamishli	Syria	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trident	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Center	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linha Cescon	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Passo Caru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Singeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alto 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

965 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 282, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 329, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 29 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	282
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	329
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 29 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 927.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

830 broken records

Margins by which the 830 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1994

Top 20 records on 29 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1994	Cerro de Ortega, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly low max	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Schwerin, DE	monthly high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	9.6 C (49.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Anahuac, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily high max	40.5 C (104.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Itabera, BR	daily rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Halle, DE	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Potsdam, DE	monthly high min	10.9 C (51.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Port Alsworth, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Havre AP ASOS, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Guaicurus (Particular), BR	daily rain	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily high min	7.6 C (45.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	La Poza Grande, MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Schwerin, DE	daily high max	12.3 C (54.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily high min	9.8 C (49.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Bolmen, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Rusk, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1994	Iliamna AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	48 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

1799 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1994. 1994 had 965 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 December 1994
Margin	Records
0 to 100	824
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1