Weather Records on 2 April 1929

203 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1929. Highest significance: Pallamallawa 2, AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 1929

On 2 April 1929, 203 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 196 daily.
Pallamallawa 2 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 2 April 1929.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

203 stations

203 station records on 2 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pallamallawa 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ledknapper Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cultowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talyealye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

203 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

179 broken records

Margins by which the 179 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1929

Top 20 records on 2 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1929	Pallamallawa 2, AU	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Tallong, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Nerriga Composite, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Western Creek, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1929	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1929	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1929	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1929	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1929	Kiev, UA	monthly low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1929	Moree Post Office, AU	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1929	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1929	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1929	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	29 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

1815 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1929. 1929 had 203 records.

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

Records on 04-02 in each year
Year	Records
1815	3
1819	1
1830	1
1841	1
1843	1
1848	2
1852	2
1855	2
1856	1
1872	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1897	5
1898	1
1899	5
1900	12
1901	3
1902	2
1903	12
1904	12
1905	15
1906	7
1907	20
1908	13
1909	14
1910	22
1911	40
1912	25
1913	29
1914	64
1915	28
1916	67
1917	65
1918	68
1919	52
1920	62
1921	80
1922	21
1923	105
1924	303
1925	128
1926	205
1927	226
1928	271
1929	203
1930	162
1931	474
1932	455
1933	157
1934	266
1935	449
1936	1,239
1937	142
1938	279
1939	265
1940	568
1941	276
1942	172
1943	323
1944	532
1945	1,161
1946	983
1947	373
1948	452
1949	437
1950	436
1951	307
1952	307
1953	386
1954	610
1955	311
1956	834
1957	486
1958	553
1959	1,145
1960	414
1961	701
1962	459
1963	1,391
1964	806
1965	594
1966	492
1967	809
1968	391
1969	416
1970	1,325
1971	484
1972	467
1973	647
1974	808
1975	1,679
1976	592
1977	669
1978	711
1979	780
1980	567
1981	952
1982	1,026
1983	890
1984	1,021
1985	922
1986	751
1987	941
1988	1,084
1989	1,037
1990	1,203
1991	626
1992	1,835
1993	837
1994	492
1995	649
1996	1,080
1997	952
1998	1,060
1999	1,443
2000	860
2001	810
2002	1,272
2003	1,114
2004	893
2005	1,141
2006	794
2007	968
2008	838
2009	984
2010	1,394
2011	1,419
2012	1,515
2013	706
2014	577
2015	490
2016	661
2017	622
2018	1,439
2019	695
2020	1,127
2021	1,164
2022	577
2023	671
2024	1,044
2025	1,273
2026	780

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Data for records on 1929-04-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	146
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1