Weather Records on 29 April 1968

934 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 1968. Highest significance: Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU.

Key Facts for 29 April 1968

On 29 April 1968, 934 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 899 daily.
Port Lincoln (Woolga) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 29 April 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

934 stations

934 station records on 29 April 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ventry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elrose Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Avondale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aquiles Serdan 46	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitlands (Burder's Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington (Range Vue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wetherby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

934 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 686, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 April 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	686
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 April 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 32, daily 899.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

837 broken records

Margins by which the 837 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 1968

Top 20 records on 29 April 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 1968	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	78 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Port Lincoln, AU	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Ventry, AU	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Monkira, AU	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Eromanga - Webber St, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest), AU	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Ardrossan (Winulta), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Mount Molloy Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 April 1968	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Sherwood Park Station, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 1968	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	56 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1968. 1968 had 934 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	812
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1