Weather Records on 29 July 1960

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1960. Highest significance: Brooksville Chin Hill, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1960

On 29 July 1960, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 590 daily.
Brooksville Chin Hill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 217.9 mm (8.6 in) on 29 July 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 29 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manteo	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nirmal	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borlam	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chintakunta	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Gilead 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bananeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 249.

Records on 29 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 15, daily 590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1960

Top 20 records on 29 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1960	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	monthly rain	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Bradenton Exp STN, US	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Sumter, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	New Bern 3 NW, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	W Pt, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Pee Dee, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Plant City, US	monthly low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Sumter, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Port Townsend, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Raleigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Manteo, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Plant City, US	all-time rain	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1960	Clearwater, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1960. 1960 had 611 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	468
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1