Weather Records on 23 April 1929

103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1929. Highest significance: Sydney, CA.

Key Facts for 23 April 1929

On 23 April 1929, 103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 102 daily.
Sydney set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 23 April 1929.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

103 stations

103 station records on 23 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

103 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 18, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

76 broken records

Margins by which the 76 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1929

Top 20 records on 23 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1929	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1929	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1929	Arcadia, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Oakley, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Moab, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Espanola, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Kargopol, RU	daily low min	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1929	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	20 years	17 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

1800 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1929. 1929 had 103 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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 50	73
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2