Weather Records on 29 December 2022

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 2022. Highest significance: Longmont 2 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 2022

On 29 December 2022, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 506 daily.
Longmont 2 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 29 December 2022.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 29 December 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mildred 7 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lautoka	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tulelake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kidman Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Argyle Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northglenn	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockway 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswalder Oie	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rabbit Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 29 December 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 29 December 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 506.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 2022

Top 20 records on 29 December 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 2022	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 December 2022	Faulkton, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Mesa Verde Np, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Mildred 7 NNW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Lautoka, FJ	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Arthur 4NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Ruby Plains, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Tulelake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Zion Np, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Mount Amhurst, AU	monthly rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Harrison, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Farmington, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Kidman Springs, AU	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Decatur Wtp, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Geneseo, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	125 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	O'Neill, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	1.1 cm (0.4 in)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Green Bay, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	125 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 2022	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	139 years	40 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2022. 2022 had 516 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	382
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1