Weather Records on 29 July 1961

563 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1961. Highest significance: Safipur, IN.

Key Facts for 29 July 1961

On 29 July 1961, 563 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 536 daily.
Safipur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 284.0 mm (11.2 in) on 29 July 1961.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

563 stations

563 station records on 29 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	284.0 mm (11.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bo-Downes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kannauj	India	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hertzogville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg North	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loeriesfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bilhaur	India	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
High Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosigi(Kesigi)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	235.8 mm (9.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Copainala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

563 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 464.

Records on 29 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	464
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

510 broken records

Margins by which the 510 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1961

Top 20 records on 29 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1961	Safipur, IN	monthly rain	284.0 mm (11.2 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1961	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Newton 6 SSE, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Pana, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Windsorton (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Bo-Downes, ZA	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Ghatampur, IN	daily rain	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Doylestown, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Kannauj, IN	daily rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Progress, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Fruitland, US	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Davidson, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Trenton, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1961	Freehold-Marlboro, US	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	48 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1961. 1961 had 563 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	424
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1