Weather Records on 29 July 1949

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1949. Highest significance: Ishpeming, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1949

On 29 July 1949, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 497 daily.
Ishpeming set an all-time record daily precipitation of 135.9 mm (5.4 in) on 29 July 1949.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 29 July 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lupi Upper 442	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 119.

Records on 29 July 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1949 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1949

Top 20 records on 29 July 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1949	Ishpeming, US	all-time rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1949	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Munising, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Bidar, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Lebo, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Minicoy Obsy, IN	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Ft Stanton, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Crosby, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Toronto, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1949	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1949	Manginapudi, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1949	Kanuparthi, IN	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1949	Collingwood, CA	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1949	S Haven, US	monthly rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1949	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1949	Washington, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	48 years	31 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1949. 1949 had 511 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 10	314
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3