Weather Records on 29 April 1927

124 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1927. Highest significance: Scottsburg, US.

Key Facts for 29 April 1927

On 29 April 1927, 124 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 117 daily.
Scottsburg set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 29 April 1927.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

124 stations

124 station records on 29 April 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

124 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 April 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 April 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 117.

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 770.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1927

Top 20 records on 29 April 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1927	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1927	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1927	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1927	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Lysebotn, NO	all-time snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Rosebud, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Rogersville 1 NE, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Mahackala, RU	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Galva, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Fort National, DZ	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	1 year	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Afton, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Lexington 3E, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Millerton, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1927	Princeton, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	31 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

1795 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1927. 1927 had 124 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 100	98
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1