Weather Records on 29 April 1961

390 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1961. Highest significance: Weimar, DE.

Key Facts for 29 April 1961

On 29 April 1961, 390 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 379 daily.
Weimar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 29 April 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

390 stations

390 station records on 29 April 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Cabonga	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boa Viagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Okanagan Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

390 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 29 April 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 April 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 379.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1961

Top 20 records on 29 April 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1961	Weimar, DE	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1961	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1961	Aachen, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1961	Eiberg, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1961	Barrage Cabonga, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1961	Cuatro Cienegas (Smn), MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1961	Coraopolis Neville Is, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1961	Olenja Rechka, RU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1961	Pickens 1, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Jonkoping, SE	daily low min	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Macaubas, BR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Greenwood, CA	monthly high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Notre Dame du Laus, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Hindupur, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Westernport, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Phillipsburg, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 April 1961	Bayard, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 390 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	287
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2