Weather Records on 29 April 1988

971 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1988. Highest significance: Bombala (Therry Street), AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 1988

On 29 April 1988, 971 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 925 daily.
Bombala (Therry Street) set a daily record precipitation of 53.4 mm (2.1 in) on 29 April 1988.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

971 stations

971 station records on 29 April 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fizuly	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yarloop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Biddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tuross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.3 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hines Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zardob	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pingaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Riversdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Booralee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

971 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 504, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 29 April 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	504
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 29 April 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 44, daily 925.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

818 broken records

Margins by which the 818 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1988

Top 20 records on 29 April 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1988	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1988	Angleton 2 W, US	monthly rain	218.9 mm (8.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	74 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1988	Snowball, AU	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1988	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1988	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1988	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	94 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1988	Woonona (Popes Rd), AU	daily rain	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1988	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Fizuly, AZ	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Windsor Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Bundanoon Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Cavendish, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Madalya, AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Peru, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Vernon, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Yarloop, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1988	Codg Codgen, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	53 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1988. 1988 had 971 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 1988-04-29: 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	792
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2