Weather Records on 30 April 1929

119 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1929. Highest significance: Pointe Au Pere, CA.

Key Facts for 30 April 1929

On 30 April 1929, 119 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 117 daily.
Pointe Au Pere set a monthly record daily snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 30 April 1929.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

119 stations

119 station records on 30 April 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

119 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 30 April 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 April 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 117.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

84 broken records

Margins by which the 84 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1929

Top 20 records on 30 April 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1929	Pointe Au Pere, CA	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1929	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1929	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1929	Storlien, SE	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Highland Home, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Orebro, SE	daily rain	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Malung, SE	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Fort Macleod, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Godegard, SE	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Augusta, US	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1929	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 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

1795 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 119 records.

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

Records on 04-30 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1809	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1840	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	5
1892	7
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	11
1900	4
1901	8
1902	13
1903	21
1904	11
1905	9
1906	16
1907	35
1908	28
1909	74
1910	17
1911	19
1912	18
1913	62
1914	8
1915	20
1916	21
1917	25
1918	28
1919	130
1920	70
1921	54
1922	138
1923	42
1924	96
1925	210
1926	331
1927	127
1928	130
1929	119
1930	232
1931	548
1932	145
1933	422
1934	443
1935	327
1936	373
1937	228
1938	282
1939	268
1940	526
1941	484
1942	1,163
1943	470
1944	286
1945	314
1946	301
1947	330
1948	912
1949	447
1950	671
1951	783
1952	435
1953	635
1954	1,224
1955	1,252
1956	908
1957	401
1958	482
1959	575
1960	507
1961	381
1962	617
1963	730
1964	339
1965	488
1966	740
1967	914
1968	928
1969	587
1970	1,189
1971	365
1972	497
1973	398
1974	822
1975	468
1976	783
1977	525
1978	631
1979	675
1980	545
1981	1,342
1982	504
1983	1,154
1984	1,519
1985	650
1986	660
1987	1,437
1988	808
1989	674
1990	977
1991	828
1992	1,808
1993	765
1994	1,499
1995	1,007
1996	1,637
1997	764
1998	857
1999	1,012
2000	1,046
2001	900
2002	1,171
2003	927
2004	703
2005	1,113
2006	778
2007	996
2008	1,260
2009	660
2010	921
2011	636
2012	819
2013	732
2014	946
2015	380
2016	969
2017	1,450
2018	708
2019	700
2020	1,476
2021	1,167
2022	499
2023	782
2024	705
2025	489
2026	365

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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	78
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1