Weather Records on 29 July 2004

1,167 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 2004. Highest significance: Archer City 2W, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 2004

On 29 July 2004, 1,167 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 610 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 1,105 daily.
Archer City 2W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 169.4 mm (6.7 in) on 29 July 2004.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,167 stations

1,167 station records on 29 July 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Arista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lavon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kouvola Utti Lentoportintie	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anjalankoski Rautakorpi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valkeala Kouvolankyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orimattila Kakela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Siippoo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cresson	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anjalankoski Sippola Hirvela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dzan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,167 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 350, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 260, Heaviest daily rainfall 273.

Records on 29 July 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	350
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	260
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 2004 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 57, daily 1,105.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

834 broken records

Margins by which the 834 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 2004

Top 20 records on 29 July 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2004	Archer City 2W, US	monthly rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2004	Grapevine Dam, US	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Natoma, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Ixmiquilpan (Smn), MX	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Villa de Arista, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Giddings 5E, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Seymour 3NW, US	monthly rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Lewisville Dam, US	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly high max	20.5 C (68.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Lviv, UA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Chandler, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Bowie, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Decatur, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Lavon Dam, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	San Ildelfonso Villa Alta, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Meeker 5 W, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2004	Rockwall, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	50 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2004. 2004 had 1,167 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	769
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2