Weather Records on 29 July 1947

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1947. Highest significance: Kinglake, AU.

Key Facts for 29 July 1947

On 29 July 1947, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 404 daily.
Kinglake set a daily record precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 29 July 1947.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 29 July 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	325.1 mm (12.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanborn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tirukoilur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 29 July 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1947 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 14, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 234.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1947

Top 20 records on 29 July 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1947	Kinglake, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Uccle, BE	daily high min	22.3 C (72.1 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	112 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Gadarwara, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Seoni, IN	daily rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Mohpani, IN	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Eltham, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Shahpur, IN	daily rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Tamia, IN	daily rain	325.1 mm (12.8 in)	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Heidelberg (Rosanna), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Amarwara, IN	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Whittlesea, AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Milan, IT	daily high min	25.8 C (78.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	164 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Rimini 2 SSW, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1947	Petcheys Bay, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	37 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1947. 1947 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 50	336
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1