Weather Records on 29 July 2016

580 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 2016. Highest significance: Langebaan, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 July 2016

On 29 July 2016, 580 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
398 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 572 daily.
Langebaan set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 29 July 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

580 stations

580 station records on 29 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brighton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Schiermonnikoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta Delgada	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lermontovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acapulco Gro.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirley 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corbin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

580 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 220, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 29 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	220
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 572.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 2016

Top 20 records on 29 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2016	Langebaan, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2016	Brighton Dam, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2016	Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Columbia Lock, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Schiermonnikoog, NL	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Harrison, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Gila Hot Springs, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Eskridge, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Columbus, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Winchester, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Mutual, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Madrid, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Oak Ridge, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Prescott, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2016	Saltillo, MX	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	42 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2016. 2016 had 580 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	389
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1