Weather Records on 29 April 1953

494 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1953. Highest significance: Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 1953

On 29 April 1953, 494 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 462 daily.
Mungindi (Burrenbah) set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 29 April 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

494 stations

494 station records on 29 April 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba (Pacatiba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.7 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Telkwa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saranga	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phulwari	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
North Yancho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.5 mm (8.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

494 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 397, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 29 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	397
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 27, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1953

Top 20 records on 29 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1953	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Farmerville, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Utica, US	all-time rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	College STN 6 SW, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Terry Hie Hie, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Chambers, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Pacatuba (Pacatiba), BR	all-time rain	145.7 mm (5.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Marhaura(Amnar), IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Alexandria, US	monthly rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Barh, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Dumas, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Huntsville, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Telkwa, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Saranga, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1953	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 494 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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Data for records on 1953-04-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	379
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1