Weather Records on 3 June 1979

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 June 1979. Highest significance: Bruce, AU.

Key Facts for 3 June 1979

On 3 June 1979, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 764 daily.
Bruce set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 3 June 1979.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

779 stations

779 station records on 3 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tye Rvr 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Coyote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zegveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Casas Grandes (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Odienne	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phila 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 3 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 293, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 244.

Records on 3 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	293
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

657 broken records

Margins by which the 657 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 June 1979

Top 20 records on 3 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 June 1979	Bruce, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 June 1979	Mahackala, RU	monthly rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 June 1979	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Tye Rvr 1 SE, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Fletcher Vale Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Weissenburg, DE	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Presa Coyote, MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Bolton, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Gage, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Helena, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Hvar, HR	daily high max	30.2 C (86.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Buckingham, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	18.6 C (65.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Zegveld, NL	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Uvalde, US	daily rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Muenster, DE	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 June 1979	Coalcoman (Smn), MX	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 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

1796 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1979. 1979 had 779 records.

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

Records on 06-03 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1810	3
1822	1
1825	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	8
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	2
1886	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	12
1899	2
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	10
1904	4
1905	5
1906	15
1907	31
1908	15
1909	35
1910	31
1911	15
1912	22
1913	13
1914	30
1915	32
1916	189
1917	18
1918	45
1919	84
1920	53
1921	42
1922	41
1923	340
1924	220
1925	264
1926	208
1927	186
1928	314
1929	466
1930	246
1931	209
1932	266
1933	433
1934	457
1935	157
1936	500
1937	256
1938	270
1939	329
1940	253
1941	328
1942	366
1943	897
1944	434
1945	997
1946	563
1947	502
1948	502
1949	403
1950	513
1951	634
1952	469
1953	444
1954	494
1955	421
1956	946
1957	553
1958	446
1959	411
1960	509
1961	863
1962	528
1963	520
1964	290
1965	296
1966	534
1967	579
1968	581
1969	703
1970	1,067
1971	505
1972	428
1973	511
1974	398
1975	415
1976	546
1977	574
1978	737
1979	779
1980	886
1981	1,169
1982	944
1983	648
1984	680
1985	1,074
1986	1,302
1987	796
1988	933
1989	816
1990	1,080
1991	1,350
1992	1,065
1993	994
1994	666
1995	891
1996	837
1997	753
1998	2,115
1999	1,012
2000	1,042
2001	879
2002	1,134
2003	1,167
2004	1,014
2005	1,054
2006	1,109
2007	867
2008	1,241
2009	691
2010	876
2011	1,167
2012	883
2013	678
2014	618
2015	532
2016	584
2017	465
2018	798
2019	525
2020	790
2021	1,588
2022	471
2023	764
2024	703
2025	586
2026	451

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Data for records on 1979-06-03: 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 10	574
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1