Weather Records on 29 April 2002

1,166 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 2002. Highest significance: Pojarkovo, RU.

Key Facts for 29 April 2002

On 29 April 2002, 1,166 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
658 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 117 monthly and 1,044 daily.
Pojarkovo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 29 April 2002.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,166 stations

1,166 station records on 29 April 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zatis'e	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Srednjaja Olekma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Halepohaku 111	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saugatuck Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingisepp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kona Village 93.8	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Francis E Walter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Rawdon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus Chiapas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seabrook Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Cantil	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beltzville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,166 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 376, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 282, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 29 April 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	376
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	282
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 29 April 2002 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 117, daily 1,044.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

839 broken records

Margins by which the 839 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 2002

Top 20 records on 29 April 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 2002	Pojarkovo, RU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2002	Ellenburg Depot, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	102 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2002	Zatis'e, UA	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2002	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2002	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2002	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2002	Srednjaja Olekma, RU	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Halepohaku 111, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Saugatuck Rsvr, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Dwtn Charleston, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Kingisepp, RU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Pearsall, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Keno, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Bundaberg Aero, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Saint Bernard, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Lockport Lock 2, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Peru 2 WSW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Lampasas, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Kona Village 93.8, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2002	Keno, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	42 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2002. 2002 had 1,166 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 2002-04-29: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	814
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1