Weather Records on 29 April 2016

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 2016. Highest significance: Haleakala Rch 432, US.

Key Facts for 29 April 2016

On 29 April 2016, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 592 daily.
Haleakala Rch 432 set a daily record precipitation of 254.0 mm (10.0 in) on 29 April 2016.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 29 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karval	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walli (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Methoni	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karval	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusamo Lentoasema-1	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Desert Nwr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alamosa-Bergman Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 29 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 29 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 2016

Top 20 records on 29 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 2016	Haleakala Rch 432, US	daily rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	215.6 mm (8.5 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2016	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	116 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2016	Hopper, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2016	Langebaan, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Mae Sariang, TH	all-time high min	29.2 C (84.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Hachinohe, JP	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	22.9 C (73.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Trinidad, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily high min	24.1 C (75.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	121 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Bogan Gate Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Westcliffe, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Eastonville 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Abilene, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Ben Gurion, IL	daily low min	4.1 C (39.4 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Gudermes, RU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2016	Trinidad, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	37 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 633 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 2026-10-16 (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	511
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2