Weather Records on 29 December 2001

599 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 2001. Highest significance: Karlsruhe, DE.

Key Facts for 29 December 2001

On 29 December 2001, 599 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 578 daily.
Karlsruhe set a daily record precipitation of 44.6 mm (1.8 in) on 29 December 2001.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

599 stations

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

Weather records on 29 December 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart/Echterdingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Simbach/Inn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbronn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waghausel-Kirrlach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Durkheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kehl-Odelshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Muhldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mainhardt-Ziegelbronn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hornisgrinde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Liebenzell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tours	France	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bauru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Obersulm-Willsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers Edison Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenasco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

599 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 29 December 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 29 December 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 578.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 2001

Top 20 records on 29 December 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 2001	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	109 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 December 2001	Pforzheim-Eutingen, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2001	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2001	Kempten, DE	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Stuttgart/Echterdingen, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Simbach/Inn, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Weinbiet, DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	109 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	109 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Heilbronn, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Eppingen, DE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Eppingen-Elsenz, DE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Bourges, FR	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Coleman, DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Waghausel-Kirrlach, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Kljuchi, RU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg, DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2001	Bad Durkheim, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	50 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2001. 2001 had 599 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	464
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1