Weather Records on 29 January 2017

390 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 2017. Highest significance: Yorkrakine, AU.

Key Facts for 29 January 2017

On 29 January 2017, 390 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 377 daily.
Yorkrakine set an all-time record daily precipitation of 140.0 mm (5.5 in) on 29 January 2017.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

390 stations

390 station records on 29 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yorkrakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pavillion	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yaringa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asotin 14 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey Hill North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paynes Find	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record snow depth	134.6 cm (53.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Branch Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altamont	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Labuan	Malaysia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deaver	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pocatello 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nanyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tegjultja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Picabo	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sunshine 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fruholmen Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

390 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 62.

Records on 29 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	62

Records on 29 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 8, daily 377.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

320 broken records

Margins by which the 320 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 2017

Top 20 records on 29 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 2017	Yorkrakine, AU	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 January 2017	Cowcowing, AU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2017	Incheon, KR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2017	Pavillion, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2017	Turany, CZ	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Pullagaroo, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Moningarin, AU	monthly rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Yaringa Station, AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Hamelin Station, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Mullewa, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Interior 3 NE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Sugar City, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Owyhee Dam, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Woodruff, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Asotin 14 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Turkey Hill North, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2017	Camp Crook, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	111 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

1796 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2017. 2017 had 390 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	884
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,182
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	279
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2