Weather Records on 26 July 1929

227 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1929. Highest significance: Watertown Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 26 July 1929

On 26 July 1929, 227 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 221 daily.
Watertown Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 70.4 mm (2.8 in) on 26 July 1929.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

227 stations

227 station records on 26 July 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

227 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 69.

Records on 26 July 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1929 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 2, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

158 broken records

Margins by which the 158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1929

Top 20 records on 26 July 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1929	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1929	Melville, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Espanola, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Tbilisi, GE	daily low min	12.7 C (54.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Mayville, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Lost Creek Near, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Bordertown, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Jung Jung, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs., AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Serviceton, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Kew, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1929	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 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

1795 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 227 records.

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

Records on 07-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1820	1
1832	3
1834	1
1838	2
1843	4
1846	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	3
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1872	4
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1892	1
1895	4
1897	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	2
1904	20
1905	5
1906	9
1907	16
1908	9
1909	21
1910	11
1911	63
1912	24
1913	15
1914	28
1915	24
1916	64
1917	64
1918	88
1919	73
1920	87
1921	73
1922	94
1923	74
1924	98
1925	194
1926	119
1927	46
1928	219
1929	227
1930	678
1931	492
1932	134
1933	513
1934	516
1935	258
1936	1,266
1937	424
1938	269
1939	307
1940	707
1941	434
1942	236
1943	275
1944	457
1945	389
1946	458
1947	410
1948	342
1949	419
1950	618
1951	234
1952	418
1953	355
1954	393
1955	551
1956	353
1957	343
1958	311
1959	379
1960	391
1961	456
1962	947
1963	517
1964	344
1965	384
1966	418
1967	292
1968	340
1969	509
1970	385
1971	932
1972	679
1973	797
1974	465
1975	570
1976	801
1977	958
1978	505
1979	1,061
1980	591
1981	1,109
1982	558
1983	1,320
1984	1,001
1985	898
1986	813
1987	1,260
1988	932
1989	1,053
1990	936
1991	816
1992	648
1993	1,403
1994	1,252
1995	1,167
1996	1,104
1997	964
1998	1,312
1999	1,007
2000	1,287
2001	1,278
2002	773
2003	1,179
2004	1,534
2005	1,461
2006	1,454
2007	951
2008	809
2009	720
2010	1,465
2011	919
2012	885
2013	640
2014	726
2015	589
2016	666
2017	642
2018	921
2019	939
2020	653
2021	912
2022	894
2023	789
2024	758
2025	1,119
2026	1,272

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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	148
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1