Weather Records on 29 April 1920

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1920. Highest significance: McKinlay Roadhouse, AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 1920

On 29 April 1920, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 57 daily.
McKinlay Roadhouse set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 29 April 1920.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 29 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nocoleche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 39, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 29 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 57.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1920

Top 20 records on 29 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1920	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1920	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1920	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Chatham, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	21.8 C (71.2 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Tampa, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Beatrice, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1920	Tampa, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	7 years	15 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

1795 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 57 records.

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

Records on 04-29 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1806	1
1814	3
1817	1
1833	1
1839	1
1842	1
1851	2
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	6
1875	3
1876	1
1878	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	1
1890	6
1891	6
1892	5
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	10
1905	5
1906	4
1907	21
1908	12
1909	61
1910	23
1911	28
1912	10
1913	62
1914	34
1915	20
1916	16
1917	41
1918	9
1919	67
1920	57
1921	78
1922	82
1923	109
1924	83
1925	161
1926	373
1927	124
1928	255
1929	104
1930	162
1931	545
1932	126
1933	285
1934	507
1935	455
1936	269
1937	417
1938	322
1939	364
1940	393
1941	344
1942	610
1943	364
1944	334
1945	327
1946	188
1947	384
1948	765
1949	499
1950	834
1951	740
1952	924
1953	494
1954	1,215
1955	672
1956	1,055
1957	530
1958	951
1959	780
1960	274
1961	390
1962	724
1963	720
1964	310
1965	559
1966	569
1967	896
1968	934
1969	492
1970	1,869
1971	387
1972	413
1973	491
1974	825
1975	505
1976	873
1977	723
1978	360
1979	702
1980	654
1981	1,176
1982	547
1983	888
1984	1,162
1985	888
1986	687
1987	1,722
1988	971
1989	863
1990	1,292
1991	1,138
1992	1,885
1993	846
1994	1,580
1995	746
1996	1,217
1997	1,222
1998	972
1999	840
2000	1,156
2001	838
2002	1,166
2003	816
2004	836
2005	1,041
2006	849
2007	1,002
2008	1,370
2009	901
2010	962
2011	631
2012	951
2013	805
2014	902
2015	526
2016	633
2017	1,155
2018	762
2019	653
2020	1,008
2021	790
2022	450
2023	882
2024	585
2025	529
2026	297

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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 10	39
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1