Weather Records on 23 July 1929

174 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1929. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 23 July 1929

On 23 July 1929, 174 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 168 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 23 July 1929.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

174 stations

174 station records on 23 July 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darnum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toongabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

174 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 53.

Records on 23 July 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 168.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

129 broken records

Margins by which the 129 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1929

Top 20 records on 23 July 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1929	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1929	Boulder, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1929	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1929	Madrid, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1929	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1929	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1929	Flandreau, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1929	Kamennaja-Step, RU	monthly rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Imperial, US	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Haigler, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	York, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Beardsley, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly high max	30.5 C (86.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Toledo Blade, US	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Orenburg, RU	daily low min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1929	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 174 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

Download the Data

Data for records on 1929-07-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	110
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1