Weather Records on 29 December 2008

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 2008. Highest significance: Anaconda, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 2008

On 29 December 2008, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
420 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 720 daily.
Anaconda set a daily record snowfall of 26.2 cm (10.3 in) on 29 December 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 29 December 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Canjilon R/S	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wunburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St John	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowtail Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnewin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Veselaja Gorka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alexander	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gasquet Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rhonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 234, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 80.

Records on 29 December 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	234
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	80

Records on 29 December 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 720.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

611 broken records

Margins by which the 611 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 2008

Top 20 records on 29 December 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 2008	Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2008	Tres Piedras, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2008	Opheim 12 SSE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Hamilton, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Canjilon R/S, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Montpellier-Aeroport, FR	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Victoria Downs, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Wunburra, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	St John, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Mud Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Morgan, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Vajda-Guba, RU	monthly high min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Yellowtail Dam, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Terry, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Waverly, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Lima, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Wilbur, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Kulani Camp 79, US	daily rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2008	Ennis, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	5 years	45 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2008. 2008 had 753 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 100	581
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1