Weather Records on 19 April 1979

592 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1979. Highest significance: Conroe, US.

Key Facts for 19 April 1979

On 19 April 1979, 592 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 235 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 582 daily.
Conroe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 294.9 mm (11.6 in) on 19 April 1979.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

592 stations

592 station records on 19 April 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	294.9 mm (11.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Divide	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vazantes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iturbide	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snowhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Venta Cuajimalpa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Itapage	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vologda	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nenzel 20 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

592 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 19 April 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 19 April 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1979

Top 20 records on 19 April 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1979	Conroe, US	monthly rain	294.9 mm (11.6 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	34 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1979	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1979	Divide, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Vazantes, BR	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Iturbide, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Anahuac, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Kazan, RU	daily low min	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Highland, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Acarape, BR	monthly rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Tartu, EE	daily low min	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Hatteras, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Elandsfontein, ZA	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Culbertson, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1979	Elatma, RU	daily low max	0.3 C (32.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	85 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1979	Poretskoye, RU	daily low max	0.5 C (32.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1979	Kiev, UA	daily low min	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	85 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1979	Clifton, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1979	Kljuchi, RU	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	42 years	33 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

1807 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1979. 1979 had 592 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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Data for records on 1979-04-19: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	483
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1