Weather Records on 29 February 1904

73 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 February 1904. Highest significance: Toronto, CA.

Key Facts for 29 February 1904

On 29 February 1904, 73 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 70 daily.
Toronto set a daily record snowfall of 23.9 cm (9.4 in) on 29 February 1904.
Across 43 earlier years (1796 to 2024) the same calendar date averaged 1,674 records.

Record Map

73 stations

73 station records on 29 February 1904 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 February 1904: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Point Clark	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Clark	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

73 records

Records set or tied on 29 February 1904 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 37, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 February 1904 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 February 1904 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 70.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 214.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 February 1904

Top 20 records on 29 February 1904 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 February 1904	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	21.4 cm (8.4 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi), AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Toronto, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Point Clark, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1904	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	all-time rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Gravenhurst, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Cassilis Post Office, AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	11 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1904	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1904

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1904. 1904 had 73 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1836	1
1848	2
1864	2
1868	8
1872	4
1876	5
1880	4
1884	6
1888	12
1892	6
1896	10
1904	73
1908	74
1912	149
1916	141
1920	216
1924	547
1928	575
1932	1,617
1936	845
1940	2,033
1944	1,384
1948	1,900
1952	1,358
1956	1,592
1960	3,738
1964	2,071
1968	2,631
1972	3,732
1976	3,701
1980	3,969
1984	3,806
1988	3,343
1992	3,358
1996	4,433
2000	4,297
2004	4,431
2008	4,629
2012	5,184
2016	2,208
2020	1,626
2024	2,341

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	58
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1