Weather Records on 29 July 1979

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1979. Highest significance: Greencastle 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1979

On 29 July 1979, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 585 daily.
Greencastle 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 29 July 1979.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 29 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Olenek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haggarda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen (Lahntal)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo Taviche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claussville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lennestadt-Theten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hutsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corner Brook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 282.

Records on 29 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 585.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1979

Top 20 records on 29 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1979	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Huskvarna, SE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Olenek, RU	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Haggarda, SE	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Koln-Bonn, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Ramsjoholm, SE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Giessen (Lahntal), DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Vinga, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Baddeck, CA	daily high min	21.0 C (69.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Columbus, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Spencer, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	San Jeronimo Taviche, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Morko, SE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1979	Flahult, SE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	13 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1979. 1979 had 601 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	431
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1