Weather Records on 29 July 1970

465 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1970. Highest significance: Putbus, DE.

Key Facts for 29 July 1970

On 29 July 1970, 465 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 454 daily.
Putbus set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 29 July 1970.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

465 stations

465 station records on 29 July 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Kenora A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Konstantinovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Titimathi	India	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morozovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	202.8 mm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vesljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Priargunsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Namiquipa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maddock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

465 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 266.

Records on 29 July 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1970 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 5, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

371 broken records

Margins by which the 371 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1970

Top 20 records on 29 July 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1970	Putbus, DE	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1970	Kenora A, CA	all-time rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1970	Lansing, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1970	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Chinnar, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Konstantinovsk, RU	all-time rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Geneseo, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Stevens Pt, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Charles City, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Titimathi, IN	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Tipton, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Morozovsk, RU	all-time rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Bantwal, IN	daily rain	202.8 mm (8.0 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Vesljana, RU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Decorah, US	all-time rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1970	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	46 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1970. 1970 had 465 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	322
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1