Weather Records on 29 April 1985

888 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1985. Highest significance: Vastervik, SE.

Key Facts for 29 April 1985

On 29 April 1985, 888 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 305 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 857 daily.
Vastervik set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.1 mm (2.1 in) on 29 April 1985.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

888 stations

888 station records on 29 April 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
San Mateo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Perryton 11 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stenstugu Forsoksgard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harstena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kamianets-Podil Sky	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skiatook	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vimmerby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krokshult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tovehult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Overum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holmbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
House	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skedemosse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malilla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganado	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindfield West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Damar	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darrouzett	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

888 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 231, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 278, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 87.

Records on 29 April 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	231
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	278
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	87

Records on 29 April 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 857.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

758 broken records

Margins by which the 758 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1985

Top 20 records on 29 April 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1985	Vastervik, SE	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 April 1985	Hooker, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1985	San Mateo, US	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1985	Visby_Flygplats, SE	monthly rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	113 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1985	Perryton 11 WNW, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1985	Eagle Nest, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1985	Stenstugu Forsoksgard, SE	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1985	Tierra Amarilla 4 N, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1985	Pecos Nm, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Svinhult_D, SE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Harstena, SE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Chanthaburi, TH	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Kamianets-Podil Sky, UA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Oskarshamn, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Skiatook, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Wessington Springs, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Vimmerby, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Beaver, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1985	Krokshult_D, SE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	44 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1985. 1985 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

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Data for records on 1985-04-29: 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	732
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1