Weather Records on 29 April 2026

297 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 April 2026. Highest significance: Fayette, US.

Key Facts for 29 April 2026

On 29 April 2026, 297 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 267 daily.
Fayette set a daily record precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 29 April 2026.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

297 stations

297 station records on 29 April 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 April 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mayfield 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thad Cochran L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Mina 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toluca (Obs)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corral Viejo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula Chis	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boromo	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caltex Refineries (Qld) Ltd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berry 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Szczecin	Poland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sylacauga 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirovohrad	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dinghai	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nancheng	China	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mathews	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

297 records

Records set or tied on 29 April 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 April 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 April 2026 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 27, daily 267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 April 2026

Top 20 records on 29 April 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 April 2026	Fayette, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2026	Mayfield 2 S, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	124 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 April 2026	Steigen, NO	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Thad Cochran L&D, US	monthly rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Selmer, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Belle Mina 2 N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Millport 2 E, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	McCamey, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Winfield 2 SW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	124 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Poltava, UA	daily low min	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Wynne, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	151 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Guadalajara, MX	daily high max	38.8 C (101.8 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Haleyville, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Esperance Post Office, AU	daily high min	17.6 C (63.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 April 2026	Toluca (Obs), MX	all-time high max	38.2 C (100.8 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	1 year	40 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 297 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	213
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1