Weather Records on 29 April 1972

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1972. Highest significance: Mestad I Oddernes, NO.

Key Facts for 29 April 1972

On 29 April 1972, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 406 daily.
Mestad I Oddernes set a daily record precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 29 April 1972.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 29 April 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Doornrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marruas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Oros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 29 April 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 29 April 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1972

Top 20 records on 29 April 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1972	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1972	Doornrivier, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Bakke, NO	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Tovdal, NO	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Lake City, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Amiandos, CY	monthly rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Aseral, NO	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Concordia, ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Nova Cruz, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Dullstroom (Sar), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Miami, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Homer AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1972	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	67 years	38 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 413 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	342
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	3