Weather Records on 29 July 1983

1,022 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1983. Highest significance: Sandalwood, AU.

Key Facts for 29 July 1983

On 29 July 1983, 1,022 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
472 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 979 daily.
Sandalwood set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 29 July 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,022 stations

1,022 station records on 29 July 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandalwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	44.3 C (111.7 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Key West NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Mary Pumping Station 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Marlbed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bejneu	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dzankoj	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lock Number 9	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kogan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strathroy	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Planes	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tamdy	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	48.4 C (119.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	44.9 C (112.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nobby Tooth St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,022 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 326, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 408.

Records on 29 July 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	326
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	408
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1983 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 26, daily 979.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1983

Top 20 records on 29 July 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1983	Sandalwood, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1983	Blinman, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1983	Tashkent, UZ	all-time high max	44.3 C (111.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	102 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1983	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Fredonia, US	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Laguna, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Key West NAS, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Waupaca, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Melrose, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Clifton Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Belle Fourche, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Mount Mary Pumping Station 2, AU	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Birchip (Marlbed), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Hialeah, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1983	Bejneu, KZ	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1983. 1983 had 1,022 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 July 1983
Margin	Records
0 to 10	691
10 to 20	92
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3