Weather Records on 29 July 1929

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1929. Highest significance: Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU.

Key Facts for 29 July 1929

On 29 July 1929, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 342 daily.
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 29 July 1929.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 29 July 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warkworth 1 Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 29 July 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1929

Top 20 records on 29 July 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1929	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1929	Amite, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1929	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1929	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1929	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Cobar Post Office, AU	all-time low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	New Orleans Carrollton, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Wollong, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	El Paso, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Nyngan (Merryanbone), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1929	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	23 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1929. 1929 had 347 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	212
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2