Weather Records on 1 April 1929

336 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1929. Highest significance: Southampton, CA.

Key Facts for 1 April 1929

On 1 April 1929, 336 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 316 daily.
Southampton set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 1 April 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

336 stations

336 station records on 1 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

336 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 1 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 1 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

279 broken records

Margins by which the 279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1929

Top 20 records on 1 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1929	Southampton, CA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Bay City, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	S Haven, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Stratford, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Clontarf, CA	monthly snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Green Bay, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	E Tawas, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1929	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1929	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1929	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1929	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	32 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

1803 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1929. 1929 had 336 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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 25	243
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1