Weather Records on 29 January 2001

1,198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 2001. Highest significance: Columbus, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 2001

On 29 January 2001, 1,198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,159 daily.
Columbus set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 29 January 2001.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,198 stations

1,198 station records on 29 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Shiprock	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Haddam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hollow	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford Gtr Rockford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saverton L&D 22	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vesta	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Franklin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,198 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 556, Heaviest daily snowfall 193, Deepest snow cover 103.

Records on 29 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	556
Heaviest daily snowfall	193
Deepest snow cover	103

Records on 29 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 37, daily 1,159.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,004 broken records

Margins by which the 1,004 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 2001

Top 20 records on 29 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 2001	Columbus, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Shiprock, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Enterprise, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Monmouth, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Port Washington, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Golden, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Haddam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Mexico, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Shelbina, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Steffenville, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	General Wayne A Downing Intl A, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Canton L&D 20, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2001	Palmyra, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2001. 2001 had 1,198 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	884
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,182
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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Data for records on 2001-01-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	763
25 to 50	129
50 to 75	50
75 to 100	24
100 to 125	22
125 to 150	10
150 to 175	5
175 to 200	1