Weather Records on 29 July 1977

712 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1977. Highest significance: Triabunna (3 Boyle Street), AU.

Key Facts for 29 July 1977

On 29 July 1977, 712 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 330 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 690 daily.
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street) set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 29 July 1977.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

712 stations

712 station records on 29 July 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tototlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olonec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holzhausen A.D. Haide	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leedey	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enderby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Segovia (Mariano Quintanilla)	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ludenscheid (Zeppelin-Gymnasiu	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tryon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

712 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 228.

Records on 29 July 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1977 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

570 broken records

Margins by which the 570 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1977

Top 20 records on 29 July 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1977	Triabunna (3 Boyle Street), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1977	Barrage Gouin, CA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1977	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1977	Murcia/San Javier, ES	monthly rain	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1977	Comanche, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Tarbes - Ossun, FR	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Dadeville, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Tototlan, MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	San Felipe, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Olonec, RU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Elberton 2 N, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Sorel, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Selma, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Monticello, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Cedartown, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Belleville, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1977	Winfield 2 SW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	39 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1977. 1977 had 712 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	494
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1