Weather Records on 9 July 1929

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1929. Highest significance: Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 9 July 1929

On 9 July 1929, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 243 daily.
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 9 July 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 9 July 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 9 July 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 243.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1929

Top 20 records on 9 July 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1929	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Maclear (Mag), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Uccle, BE	daily low min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Bloemhof, ZA	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1929	Wichita, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1929	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1929	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1929	Ocala, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	29 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

1793 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 250 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 9 July 1929
Margin	Records
0 to 10	127
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2