Weather Records on 29 April 1929

104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1929. Highest significance: Bic, CA.

Key Facts for 29 April 1929

On 29 April 1929, 104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 102 daily.
Bic set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 29 April 1929.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

104 stations

104 station records on 29 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Speers Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

104 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 29 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

80 broken records

Margins by which the 80 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1929

Top 20 records on 29 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1929	Bic, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1929	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1929	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Armagh, GB	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Cairns Post Office, AU	monthly low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Abitibi Post, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Society Hill 6 S, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	monthly low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily low min	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Kamloops, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Williamstown, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Lowville, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1929	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	13.1 C (55.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 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

1795 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 104 records.

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

Records on 04-29 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	1
1806	1
1814	3
1817	1
1833	1
1839	1
1842	1
1851	2
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	6
1875	3
1876	1
1878	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	1
1890	6
1891	6
1892	5
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	10
1905	5
1906	4
1907	21
1908	12
1909	61
1910	23
1911	28
1912	10
1913	62
1914	34
1915	20
1916	16
1917	41
1918	9
1919	67
1920	57
1921	78
1922	82
1923	109
1924	83
1925	161
1926	373
1927	124
1928	255
1929	104
1930	162
1931	545
1932	126
1933	285
1934	507
1935	455
1936	269
1937	417
1938	322
1939	364
1940	393
1941	344
1942	610
1943	364
1944	334
1945	327
1946	188
1947	384
1948	765
1949	499
1950	834
1951	740
1952	924
1953	494
1954	1,215
1955	672
1956	1,055
1957	530
1958	951
1959	780
1960	274
1961	390
1962	724
1963	720
1964	310
1965	559
1966	569
1967	896
1968	934
1969	492
1970	1,869
1971	387
1972	413
1973	491
1974	825
1975	505
1976	873
1977	723
1978	360
1979	702
1980	654
1981	1,176
1982	547
1983	888
1984	1,162
1985	888
1986	687
1987	1,722
1988	971
1989	863
1990	1,292
1991	1,138
1992	1,885
1993	846
1994	1,580
1995	746
1996	1,217
1997	1,222
1998	972
1999	840
2000	1,156
2001	838
2002	1,166
2003	816
2004	836
2005	1,041
2006	849
2007	1,002
2008	1,370
2009	901
2010	962
2011	631
2012	951
2013	805
2014	902
2015	526
2016	633
2017	1,155
2018	762
2019	653
2020	1,008
2021	790
2022	450
2023	882
2024	585
2025	529
2026	297

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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	77
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1