Weather Records on 29 April 2024

585 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 2024. Highest significance: Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES.

Key Facts for 29 April 2024

On 29 April 2024, 585 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 545 daily.
Barcelona/Aeropuerto set a daily record precipitation of 68.4 mm (2.7 in) on 29 April 2024.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

585 stations

585 station records on 29 April 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Town Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khon Kaen	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnij_Baskuncak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Changde	China	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centralnyj Rudnik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Fulton Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record high minimum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Diourbel	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Menorca/Mao	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Union 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ca Mau	Vietnam	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	43.6 C (110.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

585 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 April 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 April 2024 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 34, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 2024

Top 20 records on 29 April 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 2024	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2024	Huntsville, US	monthly rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	110 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Madisonville, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Nancheng, CN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Town Bluff Dam, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Saint Exupery, FR	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Khon Kaen, TH	all-time high max	43.0 C (109.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Baytown, US	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Knox Wwtp, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	114 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Verhnij_Baskuncak, RU	monthly high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Canby, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Pleasanton, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Beaumont Rsch Ctr, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	127 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Kahuku 912, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2024	Gavar, AM	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2024. 2024 had 585 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 20	461
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1