Weather Records on 29 December 2023

900 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 2023. Highest significance: Tabora Airport, TZ.

Key Facts for 29 December 2023

On 29 December 2023, 900 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
781 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 885 daily.
Tabora Airport set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 29 December 2023.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

900 stations

900 station records on 29 December 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pekoa Airport (Sant	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	275.1 mm (10.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tegucigalpa	Honduras	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malacca	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nelaug	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hanscom Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersfield AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallands_Vadero	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

900 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 361, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 420, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 29 December 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	361
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	420
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 29 December 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 885.

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 230.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 2023

Top 20 records on 29 December 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 2023	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Pekoa Airport (Sant, VU	daily rain	275.1 mm (10.8 in)	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Volta Ph, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Wasco, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	118 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Lowville, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	117 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Tegucigalpa, HN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Lawrence, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	121 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Medford Intl AP, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Seattle Tacoma AP, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	124 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	West Souburg, NL	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Tejon Rancho, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Toketee Falls, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	126 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Haverhill, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2023	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	39 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2023. 2023 had 900 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	744
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1