Weather Records on 29 April 1923

109 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1923. Highest significance: Somerville 4 NW, US.

Key Facts for 29 April 1923

On 29 April 1923, 109 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 103 daily.
Somerville 4 NW set a daily record precipitation of 52.8 mm (2.1 in) on 29 April 1923.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

109 stations

109 station records on 29 April 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

109 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 75.

Records on 29 April 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 April 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 103.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

100 broken records

Margins by which the 100 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1923

Top 20 records on 29 April 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1923	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1923	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1923	Worcester, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1923	Mardie, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1923	Eastport, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1923	Cumberland, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1923	Lowell, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Concord, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Fairmont, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Glenville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Plymouth, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Leominster, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Quebec, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1923	Fall River, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	26 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1923. 1923 had 109 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 April 1923
Margin	Records
0 to 10	64
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1