Weather Records on 29 July 2012

656 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 2012. Highest significance: Tuba City, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 2012

On 29 July 2012, 656 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 634 daily.
Tuba City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 29 July 2012.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

656 stations

656 station records on 29 July 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jiuquan	China	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Canal KM 27+250	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minqin	China	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olenek	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harbin	China	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hemse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spavinaw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tepeji del Rio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Asu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walpole 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raton Muni Crews Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ganyu	China	Record high minimum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valga	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nyda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tajga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natick	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ware	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joplin Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

656 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 94.

Records on 29 July 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 2012 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 10, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 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 2012

Top 20 records on 29 July 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2012	Tuba City, US	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	90 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2012	Woonsocket, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Parnu, EE	all-time high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Tartu-Toravere, EE	all-time high min	22.9 C (73.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Poteet, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Wishek, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Jiuquan, CN	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Lake Maloya, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Old Forge, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Richardton Abbey, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	124 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Daytona Beach, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Dutch Harbor, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Hays 1 S, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Sedan, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Gran Canal KM 27+250, MX	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2012	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	39 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2012. 2012 had 656 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 2026-10-12 (12 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	450
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1