Weather Records on 29 July 1969

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1969. Highest significance: Ambah, IN.

Key Facts for 29 July 1969

On 29 July 1969, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 604 daily.
Ambah set a daily record precipitation of 153.0 mm (6.0 in) on 29 July 1969.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 29 July 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Millville	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ush-Tobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roth Bei Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uricky	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paupack 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hoosac Tunnel	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Javlenka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 141, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 29 July 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	141
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1969 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 20, daily 604.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1969

Top 20 records on 29 July 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1969	Ambah, IN	daily rain	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1969	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1969	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1969	Weldon, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1969	Millville, US	all-time rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Minersville, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Ush-Tobe, KZ	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Hanover, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Mays Mill, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Earlton A, CA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Begusarai, IN	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	all-time high min	21.8 C (71.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Bulken, NO	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Emery, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	George School, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	South Newbury, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1969	Canoe Brook, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	45 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1969. 1969 had 630 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	440
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1