Weather Records on 29 January 2010

1,014 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 2010. Highest significance: Junction 4SSW, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 2010

On 29 January 2010, 1,014 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 940 daily.
Junction 4SSW set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 29 January 2010.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,014 stations

1,014 station records on 29 January 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lawn	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moravia 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Okeene	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goldthwaite 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Randlett 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Taylor Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tow	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Girard	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gruver	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Andice 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Pinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mallapunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	282.0 mm (11.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gruver	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,014 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 185, Deepest snow cover 185.

Records on 29 January 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	185
Deepest snow cover	185

Records on 29 January 2010 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 64, daily 940.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

838 broken records

Margins by which the 838 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 2010

Top 20 records on 29 January 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 2010	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Post, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Hartley 4 ESE, US	all-time snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Lawn, US	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Trousdale 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Muleshoe #1, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Brownwood 2NE, US	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Moravia 1 E, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Ballinger 2 NW, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Hartley 4 ESE, US	monthly snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Jarrell, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Okeene, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Goldthwaite 1 WSW, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Randlett 9 E, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Bowie, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Odessa, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Taylor Rch, US	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Tow, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2010	Girard, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2010	Durant, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	59 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

1796 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2010. 2010 had 1,014 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	883
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,183
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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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	763
100 to 200	62
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1