Weather Records on 29 July 1972

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1972. Highest significance: Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1972

On 29 July 1972, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
229 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 645 daily.
Bowling Green Warren Co AP set a daily record precipitation of 95.5 mm (3.8 in) on 29 July 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 29 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ziryanovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kzylzar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmor	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 202, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 29 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	202
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 645.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1972

Top 20 records on 29 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1972	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1972	Artern, DE	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Kamen-Na-Obi, RU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Martins, BR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Toledo Lorenzana, ES	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Mundiwindi, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Booneville, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Russellville, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Windsor, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Hosston, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Greensburg, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Dale Enterprise, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Greenville 2 W, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Maud, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Madison 3NNW, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1972	Ziryanovsk, KZ	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	36 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1972. 1972 had 665 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 10	447
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1