Weather Records on 29 July 1974

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1974. Highest significance: Ste Clothilde Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 29 July 1974

On 29 July 1974, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
137 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 456 daily.
Ste Clothilde Cda set an all-time record daily precipitation of 97.5 mm (3.8 in) on 29 July 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 29 July 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gould	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pulosero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saxton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Lexington 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Padun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sequim	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schenectady	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iawakia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 July 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 July 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 456.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1974

Top 20 records on 29 July 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1974	Ste Clothilde Cda, CA	all-time rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1974	St Charles de Mandeville, CA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Meekatharra Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	St Gabriel de Brandon, CA	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Millstream, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Mulgul, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	St Lin des Laurentides, CA	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Densmore 2N, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Glenham, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Mount Gould, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Pericos, MX	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Busselton Shire, AU	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	St Andrews, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Fulton, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1974	Cascadia, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	52 years	38 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1974. 1974 had 463 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 100	357
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1