Weather Records on 29 July 1980

864 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1980. Highest significance: Setauket Strong, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1980

On 29 July 1980, 864 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
494 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 843 daily.
Setauket Strong set a daily record precipitation of 141.7 mm (5.6 in) on 29 July 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

864 stations

864 station records on 29 July 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	48.9 C (120.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westchester Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Tainhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montenegro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfstein/Pfalz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jeronimo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neustadt/Weinstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rahway	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Westerleigh Stat Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

864 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 302, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 206.

Records on 29 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	302
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 15, daily 843.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1980

Top 20 records on 29 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1980	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1980	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1980	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Meleiro, BR	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Minusinsk, RU	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Buena Vista, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Jersey City, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Henshaw Dam, US	all-time high max	48.9 C (120.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Putnam Lake, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Westchester Co AP, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Laguardia AP, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Bad Bergzabern, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Passo Tainhas, BR	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Burlington Intl AP, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1980	Prata, BR	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	42 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1980. 1980 had 864 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	549
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	8
60 to 70	3