Weather Records on 29 July 1940

539 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1940. Highest significance: Westbury (Valley View), AU.

Key Facts for 29 July 1940

On 29 July 1940, 539 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 521 daily.
Westbury (Valley View) set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 29 July 1940.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

539 stations

539 station records on 29 July 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glengarry (West Tamar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plum Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jhalod	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

539 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 29 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 12, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 148.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1940

Top 20 records on 29 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1940	Westbury (Valley View), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Glengarry (West Tamar), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Wynyard State School, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Cressy Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Ames 3 SW, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Balapur, IN	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Callaville, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Steveston, CA	all-time rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Latrobe (Coal Road), AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Dharmsala Lower, IN	daily rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Bareilly Sadar, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Hampton, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Scottsdale, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Ridgley, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1940	Plum Island, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1940. 1940 had 539 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	363
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1