Weather Records on 29 July 2026

979 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 July 2026. Highest significance: Hudson Correctional Facility, US.

Key Facts for 29 July 2026

On 29 July 2026, 979 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
785 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 942 daily.
Hudson Correctional Facility set an all-time record daily precipitation of 201.9 mm (7.9 in) on 29 July 2026.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

979 stations

979 station records on 29 July 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 July 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hudson Correctional Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bryce Canyon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Shrub Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dohne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aurland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaque Raymond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendale 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chiba	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bullengarook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield Barnes Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loveland Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manzanillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hornell Almond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idarado	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

979 records

Records set or tied on 29 July 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 338, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 447, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 139.

Records on 29 July 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	338
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	447
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 July 2026 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 30, daily 942.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

762 broken records

Margins by which the 762 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 July 2026

Top 20 records on 29 July 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 July 2026	Hudson Correctional Facility, US	all-time rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Alcove Dam, US	monthly rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Whitehall, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Albany Intl AP, US	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Bryce Canyon AP, US	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Shrub Oak, US	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	120 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Hikone, JP	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Dohne, ZA	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 July 2026	Aurland, NO	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2026	Wanaque Raymond Dam, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2026	Gen. Santos, PH	monthly rain	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2026	Oak Ridge Rsvr, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2026	Rosendale 2 E, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2026	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	127 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2026	Liberty 1 NE, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2026	Chiba, JP	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 July 2026	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	104 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2026. 2026 had 979 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	723
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1