Weather Records on 4 July 1929

255 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1929. Highest significance: Isidinge (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 July 1929

On 4 July 1929, 255 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 243 daily.
Isidinge (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 4 July 1929.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

255 stations

255 station records on 4 July 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

255 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 104.

Records on 4 July 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 243.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

206 broken records

Margins by which the 206 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1929

Top 20 records on 4 July 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1929	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1929	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1929	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Ulm, DE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Quakertown, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Ft Wayne City, US	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Louisburg, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Woodstock 2 NE, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	44.0 C (111.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Liepaja, LV	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Darlington, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1929	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	20 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

1806 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1929. 1929 had 255 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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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	178
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1