Weather Records on 29 July 1948

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1948. Highest significance: Ashland #2, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1948

On 29 July 1948, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 496 daily.
Ashland #2 set an all-time record daily precipitation of 184.4 mm (7.3 in) on 29 July 1948.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 29 July 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaitram	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 29 July 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1948 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 9, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 161.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1948

Top 20 records on 29 July 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1948	Ashland #2, US	all-time rain	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	3 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1948	Merrill, US	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	161.6 mm (6.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Armagh, GB	daily high max	28.7 C (83.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	95 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Alexandria, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Fort Frances, CA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Howard, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	St Joseph, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Indian Bay, CA	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Anadia, BR	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Bilara, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Meadowlands 9 S, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Red Oak, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Yaval, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Fullerton, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1948	Piranhas (Marechal Floriano), BR	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	43 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1948. 1948 had 510 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 25	374
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1