Weather Records on 29 April 2022

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 2022. Highest significance: Albert Lea 3SE, US.

Key Facts for 29 April 2022

On 29 April 2022, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 436 daily.
Albert Lea 3SE set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 29 April 2022.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 29 April 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Leiter 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tensleep 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Butte 2ENE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Courtland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rairden 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phan Thiet	Vietnam	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Worland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napas	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McMinns Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highwood 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trelew Aero	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnye Baki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 April 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 April 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

363 broken records

Margins by which the 363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 2022

Top 20 records on 29 April 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 2022	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	127 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2022	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2022	Broadus, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2022	Leiter 9N, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Lajes Ab, PT	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Miller, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Ainsworth, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Wombat (Tumbleton), AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	129 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Moorhead 9 NE, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Tensleep 4NE, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Sonnette 7 SW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Jamestown Muni AP, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Tracy, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Grassy Butte 2ENE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Laghouat, DZ	daily low max	17.4 C (63.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Courtland, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2022	Barabinsk, RU	daily high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	41 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 450 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	358
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1