Weather Records on 28 April 1929

136 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 April 1929. Highest significance: Portland Rfc City, US.

Key Facts for 28 April 1929

On 28 April 1929, 136 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 130 daily.
Portland Rfc City set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 28 April 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

136 stations

136 station records on 28 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

136 records

Records set or tied on 28 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 72.

Records on 28 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 130.

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 59.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 April 1929

Top 20 records on 28 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 April 1929	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1929	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1929	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1929	Palmetto, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1929	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 April 1929	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Santuck, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Anderson, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Armagh, GB	daily low max	6.3 C (43.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Morganton, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	70 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	St Ignace, US	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 April 1929	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	47 years	20 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

1795 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 136 records.

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

Records on 04-28 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1803	1
1814	2
1817	4
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1853	1
1857	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	5
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	11
1903	3
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	19
1908	24
1909	43
1910	12
1911	29
1912	13
1913	69
1914	28
1915	46
1916	15
1917	41
1918	18
1919	63
1920	51
1921	89
1922	87
1923	126
1924	70
1925	114
1926	265
1927	132
1928	713
1929	136
1930	105
1931	291
1932	247
1933	327
1934	530
1935	430
1936	143
1937	698
1938	444
1939	356
1940	348
1941	268
1942	665
1943	442
1944	245
1945	371
1946	418
1947	547
1948	545
1949	580
1950	661
1951	617
1952	894
1953	482
1954	900
1955	583
1956	812
1957	614
1958	535
1959	647
1960	582
1961	222
1962	603
1963	568
1964	394
1965	707
1966	800
1967	947
1968	536
1969	432
1970	1,977
1971	570
1972	523
1973	915
1974	777
1975	795
1976	822
1977	533
1978	496
1979	783
1980	644
1981	967
1982	710
1983	1,156
1984	1,357
1985	959
1986	1,029
1987	1,822
1988	967
1989	1,089
1990	1,608
1991	913
1992	2,252
1993	1,191
1994	1,906
1995	726
1996	967
1997	1,784
1998	942
1999	632
2000	1,113
2001	1,015
2002	1,287
2003	958
2004	887
2005	1,056
2006	782
2007	1,340
2008	1,407
2009	979
2010	905
2011	1,161
2012	1,135
2013	721
2014	704
2015	468
2016	783
2017	829
2018	384
2019	662
2020	535
2021	482
2022	532
2023	834
2024	594
2025	650
2026	521

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 April 1929
Margin	Records
0 to 10	81
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1