Weather Records on 29 April 1944

334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1944. Highest significance: Leoti, US.

Key Facts for 29 April 1944

On 29 April 1944, 334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 330 daily.
Leoti set a daily record precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 29 April 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

334 stations

334 station records on 29 April 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

334 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 April 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 April 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1944

Top 20 records on 29 April 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1944	Leoti, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Wokha, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Stratton, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Holly, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Hewitt, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Hugoton, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Two Buttes, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Elkhart, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Richfield, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Wallajah, IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Kenton, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Benkelman 1N, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1944	Badami, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1944	Sendamangalam, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1944	Rico, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1944	Busselton Shire, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1944	Colby, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1944	Culbertson, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1944	Palermo, IT	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	45 years	31 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 334 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 20	242
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1