Weather Records on 29 December 2019

1,471 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 2019. Highest significance: Fosston 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 2019

On 29 December 2019, 1,471 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
563 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,427 daily.
Fosston 1 E set a monthly record daily snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 29 December 2019.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,471 stations

1,471 station records on 29 December 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Walker	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Platte	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Big Bay 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
U of Mn St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thrall 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orwell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,471 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 361, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 626, Heaviest daily snowfall 134, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 29 December 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	361
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	626
Heaviest daily snowfall	134
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 29 December 2019 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 39, daily 1,427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,258 broken records

Margins by which the 1,258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 2019

Top 20 records on 29 December 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 2019	Fosston 1 E, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	86 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 December 2019	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 December 2019	Arcadia, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 December 2019	Ashley, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 December 2019	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 December 2019	Gregory, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Clear Lake, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	112 years	77 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	112 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Superior, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Eskridge, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Melrose, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Bemidji, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Walker, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Horton, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Madeline Is, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	112 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Miller, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	96 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2019	Conception, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	64 of 100 (Major)

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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2019. 2019 had 1,471 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 50	1,189
50 to 100	37
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1