Weather Records on 29 April 1949

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1949. Highest significance: Yamba Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 1949

On 29 April 1949, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 459 daily.
Yamba Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 108.7 mm (4.3 in) on 29 April 1949.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 29 April 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cornubia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balbrogie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dwaleni	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nylsvley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gazole	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lupi Upper 442	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 29 April 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 April 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1949

Top 20 records on 29 April 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1949	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1949	Mtunzini, ZA	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Gingindlovu, ZA	monthly rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Cornubia, ZA	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Blackburn, ZA	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Kilmashogue,Lowlands, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Balbrogie, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Tuskegee, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Louwsburg (Mag), ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Planknek, ZA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Utrecht (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Goat Rock, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Morden, CA	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Chanchal, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Elim (Hosp), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Dwaleni, SZ	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1949	Rolfontein, ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1949	De Emigratie, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1949	Hukeri, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	33 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 499 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	368
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1