Weather Records on 29 July 2006

1,085 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 2006. Highest significance: Ironwood, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 2006

On 29 July 2006, 1,085 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
640 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,049 daily.
Ironwood set a daily record precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 29 July 2006.
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 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Manuel	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Wyman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Temascales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ogestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Botkinburg 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troitsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Thomas 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,085 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 298, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 342, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 29 July 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	298
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	342
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 2006 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 20, daily 1,049.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

757 broken records

Margins by which the 757 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 2006

Top 20 records on 29 July 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2006	Ironwood, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2006	Dickson, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Socorro, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Derbent, RU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	San Manuel, US	all-time rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Bingham Wyman Dam, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	South Pass City, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Hollenstein (Kraftwerk), DE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Temascales, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Bell Ranch, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Backefors, SE	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Bergland Dam, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Luna Rs, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Ogestad, SE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Santa Barbara, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Port Wing, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Gardiner, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2006	Botkinburg 3 NE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2006. 2006 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 10	698
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1