Weather Records on 29 July 1939

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1939. Highest significance: Amarpara, IN.

Key Facts for 29 July 1939

On 29 July 1939, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 427 daily.
Amarpara set a daily record precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 29 July 1939.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 29 July 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaragan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coodingnow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Badarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blythwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lanka	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 228.

Records on 29 July 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1939 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1939

Top 20 records on 29 July 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1939	Amarpara, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	Mahespur, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	Covington, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	Brockville, CA	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	State UNIV, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	Agartala, IN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	Marlinton, US	all-time rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	Wannamal, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1939	Chidlow, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Sherman, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Nabawa, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Beaufort, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Rockingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Brookton, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Huntington 1, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Dandaragan, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1939	Coodingnow, AU	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	28 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1939. 1939 had 434 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	328
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1