Weather Records on 29 April 1960

274 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1960. Highest significance: Kinglake, AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 1960

On 29 April 1960, 274 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 270 daily.
Kinglake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 117.3 mm (4.6 in) on 29 April 1960.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

274 stations

274 station records on 29 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fermoy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uniao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ona	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

274 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 29 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 29 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

215 broken records

Margins by which the 215 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1960

Top 20 records on 29 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1960	Kinglake, AU	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1960	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1960	Hornepayne, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1960	Hornepayne, CA	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1960	Taos, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1960	Appleton City, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1960	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1960	Boyatup, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Hvar, HR	daily low max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Edgewater, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Union City 3 SE, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Hawthorne, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Lawrence, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Warriup, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Mulungu, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Hawthorne, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Idaho Springs, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Manassa, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	Eskridge, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1960	St Andrews, CA	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	27 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 274 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	178
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1