Weather Records on 13 April 1929

117 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1929. Highest significance: Sable Island East End, CA.

Key Facts for 13 April 1929

On 13 April 1929, 117 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 114 daily.
Sable Island East End set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 13 April 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

117 stations

117 station records on 13 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

117 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 37, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 114.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

97 broken records

Margins by which the 97 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

13 April 1929

Top 20 records on 13 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1929	Sable Island East End, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1929	Houston Wb City, US	monthly rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1929	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1929	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1929	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1929	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Saint John, CA	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Portland, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Portland, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Yarmouth, CA	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Galway, IE	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Artern, DE	daily rain	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Plauen, DE	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	57 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Weissenfels, DE	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1929	Halifax, CA	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	41 years	19 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

1798 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1929. 1929 had 117 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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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	85
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1