Weather Records on 29 April 1998

972 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1998. Highest significance: Bedford 4 SW, US.

Key Facts for 29 April 1998

On 29 April 1998, 972 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 397 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 895 daily.
Bedford 4 SW set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 29 April 1998.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

972 stations

972 station records on 29 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lugo/Rozas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buras	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carmo Do Paranaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pitangueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tepezala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Frio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Funchal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Domingos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Mateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jureia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Cachoeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abadia Dos Dourados	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

972 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 234, Lowest daily maximum 235, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 162, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	234
Lowest daily maximum	235
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	162
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 76, daily 895.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

783 broken records

Margins by which the 783 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 1998

Top 20 records on 29 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1998	Bedford 4 SW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Lugo/Rozas, ES	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Cooper Lake Project, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Ahuacatlan, MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Nanchong, CN	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Taloga, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Agalega, MU	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Buras, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Carmo Do Paranaiba, BR	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Ayutla (Cfe), MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Montpellier-Aeroport, FR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Tacambaro, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Guthrie 5S, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Henrietta, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Elberton 2 N, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Trenton, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Pitangueiras, BR	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Tepezala, MX	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1998	Arroyo Frio, MX	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	31 years	39 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 972 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	777
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1