Weather Records on 29 April 1983

888 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1983. Highest significance: Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 1983

On 29 April 1983, 888 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 831 daily.
Woolgoolga (Clear Place) set a daily record precipitation of 156.0 mm (6.1 in) on 29 April 1983.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

888 stations

888 station records on 29 April 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mitzic	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simanovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nenjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keshan	China	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	156.3 mm (6.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Qiqihar	China	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Qian Gorlos	China	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fontana 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turij Rog	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogoron	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Topanga Patrol Fc-6	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Suifenhe	China	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fontana Kaiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleview 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bira	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Toro MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mooramin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

888 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 488, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 29 April 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	488
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 29 April 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 53, daily 831.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

774 broken records

Margins by which the 774 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 1983

Top 20 records on 29 April 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1983	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1983	Gar, RU	monthly rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1983	Beaver Dam, US	all-time rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1983	Mitzic, GA	all-time rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1983	Oceanside Marina, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1983	Shawneetown Old Town, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Jackson, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Simanovskaja, RU	monthly rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Nenjiang, CN	monthly rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Keshan, CN	monthly rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Lovelaceville, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Kookabookra, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Norsk, RU	monthly rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Phuket Airport, TH	monthly rain	156.3 mm (6.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Buffalo 2N, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Lebanon 2W, US	monthly rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1983	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	51 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 888 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1983-04-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	758
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1