Weather Records on 18 April 1929

126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1929. Highest significance: Lysebotn, NO.

Key Facts for 18 April 1929

On 18 April 1929, 126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 123 daily.
Lysebotn set a daily record precipitation of 62.1 mm (2.4 in) on 18 April 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

126 stations

126 station records on 18 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

126 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 18 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 123.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

110 broken records

Margins by which the 110 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1929

Top 20 records on 18 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1929	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1929	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1929	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1929	Framingham, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1929	Taunton, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1929	Armagh, GB	monthly high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1929	Feodosiia, UA	daily low max	1.4 C (34.5 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1929	Ashland, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1929	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Feodosiia, UA	daily low min	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Poretskoye, RU	daily low min	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily low min	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Hornindal, NO	monthly rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Calarasi, RO	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low min	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Henichesk, UA	daily low min	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Ai-Petri, UA	daily low min	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1929	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	40 years	21 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

1793 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 126 records.

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

Records on 04-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	2
1815	1
1838	1
1847	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	3
1854	3
1855	1
1865	4
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1875	4
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1884	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	5
1894	7
1895	2
1896	3
1897	5
1898	8
1899	2
1900	2
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	9
1905	12
1906	18
1907	17
1908	37
1909	19
1910	19
1911	25
1912	21
1913	26
1914	38
1915	31
1916	22
1917	40
1918	76
1919	16
1920	64
1921	58
1922	85
1923	107
1924	101
1925	154
1926	322
1927	391
1928	323
1929	126
1930	113
1931	173
1932	326
1933	211
1934	391
1935	264
1936	483
1937	477
1938	711
1939	525
1940	322
1941	496
1942	287
1943	298
1944	259
1945	371
1946	357
1947	444
1948	932
1949	345
1950	244
1951	658
1952	536
1953	1,322
1954	442
1955	817
1956	467
1957	629
1958	370
1959	468
1960	320
1961	520
1962	484
1963	662
1964	449
1965	363
1966	776
1967	882
1968	867
1969	795
1970	771
1971	1,106
1972	470
1973	953
1974	326
1975	751
1976	1,309
1977	717
1978	803
1979	841
1980	842
1981	708
1982	616
1983	2,082
1984	625
1985	1,119
1986	622
1987	1,068
1988	936
1989	625
1990	1,368
1991	780
1992	702
1993	730
1994	1,218
1995	1,601
1996	826
1997	1,256
1998	1,011
1999	1,428
2000	912
2001	1,487
2002	2,084
2003	969
2004	846
2005	622
2006	1,262
2007	675
2008	913
2009	624
2010	478
2011	1,122
2012	744
2013	2,509
2014	534
2015	519
2016	973
2017	588
2018	1,202
2019	601
2020	770
2021	592
2022	1,013
2023	739
2024	641
2025	997
2026	498

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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 10	99
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1