Weather Records on 29 July 2008

852 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 2008. Highest significance: Veraval, IN.

Key Facts for 29 July 2008

On 29 July 2008, 852 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 828 daily.
Veraval set a daily record precipitation of 211.1 mm (8.3 in) on 29 July 2008.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

852 stations

852 station records on 29 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Batamaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tompo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Klazienaveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jiquipilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rollbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Isit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pokrovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aldan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex Inlet Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qumarleb	China	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schwaigermoos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Marquesa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

852 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 240, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 235.

Records on 29 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	240
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 2008

Top 20 records on 29 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2008	Veraval, IN	daily rain	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2008	Burnerbinmah, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2008	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	96 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2008	Batamaj, RU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2008	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2008	Miller, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2008	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2008	Miltenberg, DE	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Bulong, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Potrerillos, MX	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Tompo, RU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Buckeburg, DE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Klazienaveen, NL	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Wessington 2SE, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Jiquipilco, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Rollbach, DE	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Yongan, CN	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2008	Tonsina, US	monthly low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	48 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2008. 2008 had 852 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 20	596
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1