Weather Records on 29 July 1955

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1955. Highest significance: Mora, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1955

On 29 July 1955, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 459 daily.
Mora set a daily record precipitation of 63.8 mm (2.5 in) on 29 July 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 29 July 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 226.

Records on 29 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1955

Top 20 records on 29 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1955	Mora, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Rajpipla(Nandod), IN	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Badami, IN	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Buntzen Lake, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Lakhipur, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Clearwater, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Gurjala(Gurujala), IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Drieputs, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Ellendale, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Cuero, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1955	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1955	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1955	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	33 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1955. 1955 had 463 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	329
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	3