Weather Records on 5 June 1979

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1979. Highest significance: Miltenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 5 June 1979

On 5 June 1979, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 700 daily.
Miltenberg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 96.1 mm (3.8 in) on 5 June 1979.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

722 stations

722 station records on 5 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chohataury	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Friedrichshafen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfstein/Pfalz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig-Gliesmarode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Unterluss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shovi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rahden-Varl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russkij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Wildungen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Faywood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kinuso Rs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huaniqueo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Demjanskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 5 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 700.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

612 broken records

Margins by which the 612 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1979

Top 20 records on 5 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1979	Miltenberg, DE	all-time rain	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1979	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1979	La Grange, US	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1979	Baddeck, CA	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Mimbres 4NNW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Bowie, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Chohataury, GE	daily rain	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Wolfsburg (Sudwest), DE	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Black Rvr Pumps, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	all-time rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Friedrichshafen, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Wolfstein/Pfalz, DE	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Allende (Smn), MX	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Uvalde, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Canton, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Witzenhausen, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Braunschweig-Gliesmarode, DE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Unterluss, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1979	Throckmorton, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	46 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

1804 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1979. 1979 had 722 records.

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

Records on 06-05 in each year
Year	Records
1804	2
1805	1
1810	2
1822	1
1837	1
1843	1
1846	2
1849	2
1854	1
1857	2
1861	1
1866	1
1870	1
1871	6
1874	2
1877	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	9
1900	4
1901	8
1902	2
1903	7
1904	10
1905	8
1906	12
1907	15
1908	32
1909	13
1910	42
1911	18
1912	26
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	38
1917	132
1918	53
1919	86
1920	97
1921	138
1922	100
1923	577
1924	121
1925	442
1926	349
1927	268
1928	352
1929	383
1930	187
1931	229
1932	167
1933	586
1934	420
1935	426
1936	271
1937	424
1938	265
1939	364
1940	198
1941	288
1942	202
1943	589
1944	423
1945	1,215
1946	656
1947	486
1948	460
1949	369
1950	413
1951	532
1952	519
1953	319
1954	723
1955	249
1956	656
1957	600
1958	433
1959	401
1960	329
1961	475
1962	556
1963	577
1964	518
1965	365
1966	622
1967	584
1968	779
1969	924
1970	607
1971	502
1972	552
1973	549
1974	611
1975	553
1976	564
1977	1,171
1978	607
1979	722
1980	687
1981	907
1982	1,487
1983	846
1984	857
1985	1,339
1986	873
1987	859
1988	1,969
1989	1,001
1990	1,187
1991	921
1992	889
1993	1,616
1994	697
1995	809
1996	776
1997	1,229
1998	2,556
1999	1,266
2000	1,280
2001	1,021
2002	1,281
2003	1,159
2004	973
2005	882
2006	975
2007	680
2008	1,575
2009	920
2010	1,164
2011	913
2012	867
2013	465
2014	614
2015	719
2016	1,386
2017	440
2018	455
2019	632
2020	932
2021	1,206
2022	681
2023	509
2024	712
2025	507
2026	382

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Data for records on 1979-06-05: 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 20	552
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2