Weather Records on 29 April 2006

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 2006. Highest significance: Herbert Vale, AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 2006

On 29 April 2006, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 798 daily.
Herbert Vale set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 29 April 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 29 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Riversleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kingston 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	234.7 mm (9.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Little Rock AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Piestany	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tastyp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alcholoya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Veinte de Noviembre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mittiebah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santuario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oxtotilpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bushong 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 29 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 29 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 50, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 2006

Top 20 records on 29 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 2006	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	115 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2006	Beatrice Hill, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	121 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2006	Riversleigh Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	121 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2006	Camooweal Township, AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2006	Duncan, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2006	Kingston 5 SSE, US	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2006	Marietta 5SW, US	monthly rain	234.7 mm (9.2 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	16 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2006	Little Rock AFB, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Iola 1 W, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Longton, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Sedan, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Jacksboro, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Pawhuska, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Billings, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Norfolk Station, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Piestany, SK	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2006	Tastyp, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 849 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 2006-04-29: 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	667
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1