Weather Records on 9 June 1979

971 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 June 1979. Highest significance: Taos, US.

Key Facts for 9 June 1979

On 9 June 1979, 971 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 424 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 934 daily.
Taos set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 9 June 1979.
Across 165 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

971 stations

971 station records on 9 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Panuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dewar 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cipo de Leite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby_S	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lorenzo	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aspen	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerly 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bergaholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sodertalje	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspen	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

971 records

Records set or tied on 9 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 258, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 9 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	258
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 9 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 934.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

747 broken records

Margins by which the 747 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 June 1979

Top 20 records on 9 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 June 1979	Taos, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1979	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1979	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 June 1979	Hobbs, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Ouray, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Elgin Water, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Panuco (Smn), MX	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Memphis, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Pt Mugu Nf, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Dewar 2 NE, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Seminole, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Elgin, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Shawnee, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	San Diego Intl AP, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Gail, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Espanola, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Silverton, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Tahoka, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 June 1979	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	48 years	47 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

1797 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1979. 1979 had 971 records.

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

Records on 06-09 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1804	1
1811	3
1812	1
1814	1
1816	1
1822	1
1838	3
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1866	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	4
1902	15
1903	7
1904	9
1905	12
1906	16
1907	15
1908	25
1909	32
1910	19
1911	47
1912	54
1913	62
1914	70
1915	111
1916	110
1917	23
1918	28
1919	42
1920	32
1921	320
1922	64
1923	108
1924	121
1925	116
1926	72
1927	112
1928	137
1929	176
1930	251
1931	318
1932	180
1933	785
1934	233
1935	171
1936	238
1937	406
1938	339
1939	257
1940	184
1941	1,167
1942	376
1943	189
1944	369
1945	300
1946	289
1947	531
1948	500
1949	366
1950	477
1951	368
1952	362
1953	706
1954	388
1955	1,058
1956	801
1957	537
1958	547
1959	504
1960	265
1961	614
1962	271
1963	458
1964	688
1965	389
1966	651
1967	517
1968	670
1969	520
1970	737
1971	320
1972	585
1973	690
1974	780
1975	505
1976	604
1977	1,013
1978	993
1979	971
1980	936
1981	1,275
1982	634
1983	769
1984	961
1985	1,014
1986	652
1987	864
1988	973
1989	1,112
1990	746
1991	756
1992	726
1993	1,031
1994	844
1995	2,141
1996	1,477
1997	1,262
1998	1,108
1999	1,217
2000	1,134
2001	974
2002	1,395
2003	859
2004	1,158
2005	1,141
2006	718
2007	1,160
2008	1,743
2009	835
2010	751
2011	1,311
2012	644
2013	642
2014	988
2015	1,044
2016	728
2017	549
2018	625
2019	653
2020	999
2021	939
2022	473
2023	586
2024	641
2025	1,208
2026	536

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Data for records on 1979-06-09: 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	688
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1