Weather Records on 4 June 1979

843 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1979. Highest significance: Snow Hill 4 N, US.

Key Facts for 4 June 1979

On 4 June 1979, 843 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
354 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 814 daily.
Snow Hill 4 N set a daily record precipitation of 94.5 mm (3.7 in) on 4 June 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

843 stations

843 station records on 4 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Apache Powder Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Coyote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Russkij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siquirichi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Forge 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewes	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcola	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tepatitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

843 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 329, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 814.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1979

Top 20 records on 4 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1979	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Denekamp, NL	monthly rain	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Louisburg, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Salisbury, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Geldern-Walbeck, DE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Bremo Bluff, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Pedlar Dam, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Apache Powder Company, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Nashville, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Siler City 2 N, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Salinillas, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Columbia 2SSE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Newport 2 NNW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Presa Coyote, MX	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	monthly low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Moorside, ZA	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	20.1 C (68.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	180 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1979	Russkij, RU	daily low max	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	30 years	43 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 843 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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Data for records on 1979-06-04: 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	618
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	28
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1