Weather Records on 29 July 1945

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1945. Highest significance: Johnstown, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1945

On 29 July 1945, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 424 daily.
Johnstown set a monthly record daily precipitation of 108.5 mm (4.3 in) on 29 July 1945.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 29 July 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New River	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basaunti	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ansonia 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arcoverde (Rio Branco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 272.

Records on 29 July 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1945

Top 20 records on 29 July 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1945	Johnstown, US	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Haveri, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Ramnagaram, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Riverton, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Hvar, HR	all-time high max	37.5 C (99.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Umea, SE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Thathaiengarpet, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Gavle, SE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Mummidivaram, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Kallakurichi, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Layton 3 NW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Digby, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	New River, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Santana Do Matos, BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Bansdih, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1945	Montrose, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1945. 1945 had 429 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	325
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1