Weather Records on 29 July 2001

1,205 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 2001. Highest significance: Princeton, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 2001

On 29 July 2001, 1,205 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
543 were record highs and 408 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,157 daily.
Princeton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 117.3 mm (4.6 in) on 29 July 2001.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,205 stations

1,205 station records on 29 July 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waukivory (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pechora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zalma 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	46.2 C (115.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elezkaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Svatove	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sisal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oxtotilpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coulee Dam 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hunter Springs (Wondecla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,205 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 268, Highest daily minimum 360, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 29 July 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	268
Highest daily minimum	360
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 2001 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 39, daily 1,157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

922 broken records

Margins by which the 922 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 2001

Top 20 records on 29 July 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2001	Princeton, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 July 2001	Chandler, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2001	Waterville 2, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Hot Springs, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Waukivory (the Ranch), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Kingston, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Marlinton, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Albany, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Rantoul, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Pechora, RU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	120 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Quemado, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Buchanan, US	monthly low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Incheon, KR	daily rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Pennington Gap, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Zalma 4 E, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Startup 1 E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2001	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	95 years	44 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2001. 2001 had 1,205 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	980

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	875
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1