Weather Records on 29 July 1956

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1956. Highest significance: Polavaram, IN.

Key Facts for 29 July 1956

On 29 July 1956, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 248 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 399 daily.
Polavaram set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 29 July 1956.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 29 July 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Badvel	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malkangiri	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 29 July 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1956

Top 20 records on 29 July 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1956	Polavaram, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Mott, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Santa Rosa, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Narsipatnam, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Kjusjur, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Shelbina, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Marietta Wtr Wks, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Trenton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Macon, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Denver WSO City, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Bakke, NO	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1956	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1956	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1956	Monroe City, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1956	Orangajuli, IN	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1956	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1956	Beatrice, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1956	Valemount, CA	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	36 years	30 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1956. 1956 had 408 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	267
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1