Weather Records on 29 April 1959

780 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1959. Highest significance: Vanderhoof, CA.

Key Facts for 29 April 1959

On 29 April 1959, 780 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 748 daily.
Vanderhoof set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 29 April 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

780 stations

780 station records on 29 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Spruce	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rondawel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edenville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camoola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rooirivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tussenvier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

780 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 517, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 29 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	517
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

705 broken records

Margins by which the 705 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1959

Top 20 records on 29 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1959	Vanderhoof, CA	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1959	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1959	Clearwater, US	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1959	Spruce, US	monthly rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Steytlerville (Mag), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Hamelfontein, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Kirklington, ZA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Forks 1 E, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Grapeview 3 SW, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Fort St James, CA	monthly snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Rondawel, ZA	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Avoca, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Middelplaats, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Reitz 36, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Potchefstroom, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1959	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	49 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 780 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 20	599
20 to 40	89
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2