Weather Records on 29 December 2005

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 2005. Highest significance: Mount House Station, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 2005

On 29 December 2005, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 836 daily.
Mount House Station set a daily record precipitation of 109.0 mm (4.3 in) on 29 December 2005.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

858 stations

858 station records on 29 December 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ystad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nes (Ameland)	Netherlands	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hague	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seychelles Internat	Seychelles	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pamplona	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rothsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watauga S Dak 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warffum	Netherlands	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Tlazala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Metzingen	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Webster	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bismarck	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria/Foronda	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 29 December 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 29 December 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 836.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 2005

Top 20 records on 29 December 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 2005	Mount House Station, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2005	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	98 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2005	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Ystad, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	107 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Nes (Ameland), NL	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Butte 5SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Lisbon, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Wishek, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Glasgow #2, US	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Hague, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	San Andres (Isla)/S, CO	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Colonia Morelos, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	13.3 C (23.9 F)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Bedford 3 SE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Neumunster, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Kokpekty, KZ	daily high max	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2005	Miami, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	40 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2005. 2005 had 858 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	596
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1