Weather Records on 29 July 1953

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1953. Highest significance: Simcoe, CA.

Key Facts for 29 July 1953

On 29 July 1953, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 247 daily.
Simcoe set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 29 July 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 29 July 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gannavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarnia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chhata	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 29 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 247.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1953

Top 20 records on 29 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1953	Simcoe, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Yadki, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Steamboat Springs, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Holbrook, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Wien, AT	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Riksgransen, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Winnebago, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Potter, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Angleton 2 W, US	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Gannavaram, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1953	Sarnia, CA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1953	Kumta, IN	daily rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1953	Kingston Rs, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	34 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1953. 1953 had 251 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	140
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1