Weather Records on 29 December 2014

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 2014. Highest significance: Jundah Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 2014

On 29 December 2014, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 491 daily.
Jundah Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 75.0 mm (3.0 in) on 29 December 2014.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 29 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sulina	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tulcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meerschaumvale (Meerschaum Val	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Havelock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gjengedal	Norway	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Overhalla - Unnset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Messina	Italy	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wasta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mallapunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merklingen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skei I Jolster	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 29 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 29 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 2014

Top 20 records on 29 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 2014	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	123 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2014	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2014	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2014	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2014	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	monthly snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Sulina, RO	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Saint Anthony, US	monthly snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Tulcea, RO	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Ft Benton, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Meerschaumvale (Meerschaum Val, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Valencia, ES	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Gregory, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Randleman, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Rapid City 4NW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Havelock, AU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Nyngan Airport, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Leirfjord, NO	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Ft Robinson, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2014	Callao, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	4 years	42 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2014. 2014 had 506 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 December 2014
Margin	Records
0 to 100	406
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1