Weather Records on 29 July 1937

276 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1937. Highest significance: O'Neill, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1937

On 29 July 1937, 276 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 273 daily.
O'Neill set an all-time record daily precipitation of 122.9 mm (4.8 in) on 29 July 1937.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

276 stations

276 station records on 29 July 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kotdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

276 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 128.

Records on 29 July 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 273.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

222 broken records

Margins by which the 222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1937

Top 20 records on 29 July 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1937	O'Neill, US	all-time rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1937	Ewing, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1937	Robertsganj, IN	daily rain	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1937	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1937	Kadipur, IN	monthly rain	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1937	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1937	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Butte, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Bironkhol, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Satyamangalam, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Brinkley, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Anderson, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Kodavasal, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Tiruvarur, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Vallam, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Pattukkottai, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Oakdale, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1937	Kotdwara, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1937. 1937 had 276 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 20	194
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1