Weather Records on 1 January 1979

3,085 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1979. Highest significance: Box Butte Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1979

On 1 January 1979, 3,085 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 1,831 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 58 were all-time records, 193 monthly and 2,834 daily.
Box Butte Exp STN set an all-time record snow depth of 91.4 cm (36.0 in) on 1 January 1979.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 1 January 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	401.9 mm (15.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shuqualak	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Travemunde	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.3 C (-49.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morris River	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 3NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

3,085 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 931, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 900, Heaviest daily rainfall 456, Heaviest daily snowfall 186, Deepest snow cover 301.

Records on 1 January 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	931
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	900
Heaviest daily rainfall	456
Heaviest daily snowfall	186
Deepest snow cover	301

Records on 1 January 1979 by timescale: all-time 58, monthly 193, daily 2,834.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,707 broken records

Margins by which the 2,707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1979

Top 20 records on 1 January 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1979	Box Butte Exp STN, US	all-time snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1979	Okolona, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1979	De Emigratie, ZA	all-time rain	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1979	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Standish 4NE, US	all-time snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	401.9 mm (15.8 in)	261.7 mm (10.3 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Elgin Water, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Nitta Yuma, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Border 3 N, US	all-time low max	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Winnfield 3 N, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Woodruff, US	all-time low max	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Yalta, UA	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Sigourney, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Bremerton, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1979	Neozhidannyj, RU	monthly rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1979	Belgorod, RU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1979	Dilia, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1979	Amangel'dy, KZ	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 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

1798 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1979. 1979 had 3,085 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 100	2,628
100 to 200	65
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1