Weather Records on 29 July 1959

383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1959. Highest significance: Madison Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1959

On 29 July 1959, 383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 373 daily.
Madison Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 29 July 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

383 stations

383 station records on 29 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amreli	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khambha	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Kenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jambusar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

383 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 29 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1959

Top 20 records on 29 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1959	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1959	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	monthly rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Dhoraji, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Amreli, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Minas Nuevas, MX	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Coldwater St School, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Khambha, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Ilav, IN	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Leamington, CA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Alma, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Khibiny, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Allison, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	monthly low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Panna, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Maihar, IN	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Everett, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1959	Lennoxville, CA	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	66 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1959	Cedar Falls, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 1959	Oberlin, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	49 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1959. 1959 had 383 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1959-07-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	262
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2