Weather Records on 29 April 1954

1,215 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1954. Highest significance: Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 1954

On 29 April 1954, 1,215 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 477 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,203 daily.
Pooncarie Mail Agency set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 29 April 1954.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,215 stations

1,215 station records on 29 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fullarton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Merbein Srwsc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bannerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria Storage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wirraminna Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aakukui 1007	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hooghly	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bael Bael	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Towan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Torrumbarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Walmer Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,215 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 270, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 207, Heaviest daily rainfall 635, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 29 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	270
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	207
Heaviest daily rainfall	635
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 29 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 1,203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,110 broken records

Margins by which the 1,110 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 1954

Top 20 records on 29 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1954	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1954	Arumpo, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1954	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Fullarton, ZA	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Euston Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Merbein Srwsc, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Tolarno, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Bannerton, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Nyah, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Lake Victoria Storage, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Wirraminna Railway Station, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Tor Downs, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Blinman, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Viralimalai, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Aakukui 1007, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Hooghly, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1954	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	44 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 1,215 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,097
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1