Weather Records on 29 July 2002

1,294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 2002. Highest significance: Zolotonosha, UA.

Key Facts for 29 July 2002

On 29 July 2002, 1,294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
870 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,255 daily.
Zolotonosha set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 29 July 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,294 stations

1,294 station records on 29 July 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zolotonosha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	46.8 C (116.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sumner 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ganzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Salitre	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamberton SW Rsch & Outreach C	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deweese 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alta Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newtown Linford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shelihovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Truscott 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,294 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 284, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 586, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 282.

Records on 29 July 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	284
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	586
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 2002 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 29, daily 1,255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

910 broken records

Margins by which the 910 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 2002

Top 20 records on 29 July 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2002	Zolotonosha, UA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Concordia, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Mannford 6 NW, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Siwa, EG	daily high max	46.8 C (116.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Sumner 3 SW, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Union City Filtration Plt, US	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Suffolk Lake Kilby, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	San Blas, MX	daily low min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Springfield 1 NW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Waddington, GB	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Confluence 1 SW Dam, US	all-time high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Las Bayas, MX	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Bucyrus, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Daroca, ES	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Postville, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2002	Ganzhou, CN	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	41 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2002. 2002 had 1,294 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 10	829
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2