Weather Records on 29 January 2018

883 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 2018. Highest significance: Desoto City 8 SW, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 2018

On 29 January 2018, 883 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
552 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 845 daily.
Desoto City 8 SW set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 29 January 2018.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

883 stations

883 station records on 29 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin River Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kinloss	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Johnston 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Telfer Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manning	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walpeup Research	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

883 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 323, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 29 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	323
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 29 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 32, daily 845.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

747 broken records

Margins by which the 747 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 175.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 2018

Top 20 records on 29 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 2018	Desoto City 8 SW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2018	Flint Fcwos, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 January 2018	Laurens, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Siler City 2 N, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Chester 1 SE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Bushnell 1 E, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Crescent City, US	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Newberry, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Clinton 2 NE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Morehead City 2 WNW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Batesburg, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Calhoun Falls, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Darwin River Dam, AU	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Albemarle, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Plant City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	117 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Kinston Ag Rsch, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Lisbon, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 2018	Dongtai, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	46 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2018. 2018 had 883 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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Data for records on 2018-01-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	707
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1