Weather Records on 29 December 1997

1,114 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1997. Highest significance: Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1997

On 29 December 1997, 1,114 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
378 were record highs and 342 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,084 daily.
Mossman South Alchera Drive set a daily record precipitation of 133.8 mm (5.3 in) on 29 December 1997.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,114 stations

1,114 station records on 29 December 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caiua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Encarnacion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Westmoreland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.0 mm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Lucena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Natividade da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ruidoso	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dzibalchen	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dinton Vale (Berrilee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbulah Brickley St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceburg Filt Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Funchal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Blanco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,114 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 213, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 109, Deepest snow cover 79.

Records on 29 December 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	213
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	109
Deepest snow cover	79

Records on 29 December 1997 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 25, daily 1,084.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

905 broken records

Margins by which the 905 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1997

Top 20 records on 29 December 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1997	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1997	Valley Head, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	99 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1997	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1997	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1997	Whyanbeel Valley, AU	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Greene, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Tullahoma, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Caiua, BR	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Gastonia, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Brohovo, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Encarnacion, PY	all-time rain	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Scottsboro, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Tullahoma, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Westmoreland Station, AU	monthly rain	229.0 mm (9.0 in)	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Porto Lucena, BR	daily rain	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Natividade da Serra, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Julatten, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Koah, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1997	Longford, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	44 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1997. 1997 had 1,114 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	835
50 to 100	52
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1