Weather Records on 29 July 1996

1,085 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1996. Highest significance: Elizabeth City, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1996

On 29 July 1996, 1,085 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 312 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,044 daily.
Elizabeth City set a daily record precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 29 July 1996.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,085 stations

1,085 station records on 29 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Anda	China	Record daily precipitation	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barra de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao de Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dixie	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (General Store)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arbon 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lermontovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loma Fina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Qiqihar	China	Record daily precipitation	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quebradillas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Coopernook State For	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tathra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,085 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 253, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 364.

Records on 29 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	253
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 32, daily 1,044.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

803 broken records

Margins by which the 803 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 202.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1996

Top 20 records on 29 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1996	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1996	Anda, CN	all-time rain	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1996	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1996	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1996	Amberg-Unterammersricht, DE	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Waldems-Reinborn, DE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Charleston, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Barra de Sao Francisco, BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Sao Joao de Petropolis, BR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Dixie, US	all-time rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Defiance, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Willow Tree (General Store), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Chain of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Arbon 2 NW, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1996	Lermontovka, RU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	43 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1996. 1996 had 1,085 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 50	800
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1