Weather Records on 29 July 1998

1,251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 1998. Highest significance: Federal Pt, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 1998

On 29 July 1998, 1,251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
615 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,228 daily.
Federal Pt set a daily record precipitation of 153.7 mm (6.1 in) on 29 July 1998.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,251 stations

1,251 station records on 29 July 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Konstantinovskii	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sosva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skq Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Copital	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood 8SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tensleep 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ockelbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tinderry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norrsundet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longvalley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,251 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 167, Highest daily minimum 396, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 386.

Records on 29 July 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	167
Highest daily minimum	396
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 1,228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

935 broken records

Margins by which the 935 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 1998

Top 20 records on 29 July 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 1998	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1998	Frankfort, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	98 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 July 1998	Oktyabr Skoye, RU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Madison, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Geneva, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Mys Konstantinovskii, RU	all-time rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Encampment 10 ESE, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Enshi, CN	daily rain	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Corning, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Sterling, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Wondalli, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Sosva, RU	all-time rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Skq Dam, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Mission, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Benalla (Shadforth Street), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	El Copital, MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Hernando, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Bigfork 13 S, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	monthly high min	24.7 C (76.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 1998	Atwood 8SSE, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	0 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1998. 1998 had 1,251 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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Data for records on 1998-07-29: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	897
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2