Weather Records on 29 July 1926

154 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1926. Highest significance: Lebanon 3 W, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1926

On 29 July 1926, 154 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 152 daily.
Lebanon 3 W set a daily record precipitation of 96.8 mm (3.8 in) on 29 July 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

154 stations

154 station records on 29 July 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

154 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 72.

Records on 29 July 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 152.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

126 broken records

Margins by which the 126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1926

Top 20 records on 29 July 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1926	Lebanon 3 W, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1926	Northwood, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1926	Schwerin, DE	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1926	Anderson, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1926	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1926	Fayette, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Brocken, DE	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Mohonk Lake, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Newberry, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	14.1 C (57.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Americus, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Cheraw, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Hebron, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1926	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

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

1797 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1926. 1926 had 154 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1815	1
1824	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1857	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	3
1867	3
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1877	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	7
1899	1
1900	5
1901	15
1902	3
1903	16
1904	14
1905	17
1906	13
1907	31
1908	28
1909	45
1910	22
1911	48
1912	35
1913	33
1914	130
1915	15
1916	186
1917	50
1918	28
1919	29
1920	94
1921	94
1922	83
1923	168
1924	90
1925	427
1926	154
1927	119
1928	297
1929	347
1930	343
1931	401
1932	217
1933	501
1934	957
1935	280
1936	348
1937	276
1938	345
1939	434
1940	539
1941	400
1942	201
1943	433
1944	263
1945	429
1946	384
1947	434
1948	510
1949	511
1950	744
1951	333
1952	712
1953	251
1954	445
1955	463
1956	408
1957	364
1958	620
1959	383
1960	611
1961	563
1962	410
1963	462
1964	510
1965	709
1966	417
1967	370
1968	744
1969	630
1970	465
1971	1,609
1972	665
1973	459
1974	463
1975	894
1976	506
1977	712
1978	551
1979	601
1980	864
1981	1,496
1982	699
1983	1,022
1984	1,173
1985	823
1986	842
1987	1,412
1988	744
1989	1,008
1990	745
1991	765
1992	620
1993	1,063
1994	1,695
1995	1,295
1996	1,085
1997	979
1998	1,251
1999	1,271
2000	898
2001	1,205
2002	1,294
2003	1,166
2004	1,167
2005	1,334
2006	1,085
2007	1,116
2008	852
2009	1,311
2010	1,691
2011	1,012
2012	656
2013	1,159
2014	1,061
2015	833
2016	580
2017	608
2018	653
2019	496
2020	480
2021	667
2022	1,058
2023	803
2024	694
2025	859
2026	979

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	92
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1