Weather Records on 16 June 1979

585 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1979. Highest significance: Marquette, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 1979

On 16 June 1979, 585 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 259 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 565 daily.
Marquette set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 16 June 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

585 stations

585 station records on 16 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tidjixja	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doctortown 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrolauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schwangau-Horn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jump Rvr 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acatzingo de Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taber	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec/Jean Lesage Intl A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford Hydro STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bobo-Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

585 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 565.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1979

Top 20 records on 16 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1979	Marquette, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Charlotte Douglas AP, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Tidjixja, MR	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Salisbury, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Doctortown 1 WSW, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Winthrop UNIV, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Glenwood 2WNW, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Albemarle, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Ft Mill 4 NW, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Ambrolauri, GE	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Schwangau-Horn, DE	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Mt Holly 4 NE, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Florence Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	8.6 C (47.5 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Gloria, BR	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1979	Waycross 4 NE, US	monthly low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	41 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

1794 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 585 records.

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

Records on 06-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1807	1
1822	1
1839	1
1840	2
1841	1
1844	1
1846	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	2
1858	2
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1870	2
1874	1
1880	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	13
1903	11
1904	7
1905	9
1906	17
1907	17
1908	46
1909	7
1910	11
1911	18
1912	33
1913	41
1914	49
1915	26
1916	72
1917	71
1918	36
1919	189
1920	85
1921	50
1922	53
1923	115
1924	159
1925	207
1926	122
1927	361
1928	97
1929	193
1930	412
1931	250
1932	146
1933	477
1934	258
1935	301
1936	362
1937	260
1938	381
1939	602
1940	360
1941	239
1942	398
1943	648
1944	530
1945	980
1946	602
1947	348
1948	560
1949	541
1950	495
1951	276
1952	943
1953	428
1954	524
1955	628
1956	434
1957	751
1958	511
1959	389
1960	482
1961	1,345
1962	405
1963	491
1964	713
1965	940
1966	414
1967	529
1968	326
1969	870
1970	443
1971	465
1972	606
1973	564
1974	915
1975	302
1976	733
1977	466
1978	535
1979	585
1980	685
1981	1,500
1982	777
1983	818
1984	584
1985	744
1986	747
1987	1,400
1988	813
1989	1,310
1990	647
1991	851
1992	872
1993	695
1994	1,219
1995	1,674
1996	723
1997	1,104
1998	1,828
1999	1,012
2000	934
2001	606
2002	979
2003	569
2004	783
2005	740
2006	754
2007	1,001
2008	579
2009	729
2010	931
2011	890
2012	706
2013	407
2014	329
2015	988
2016	772
2017	620
2018	932
2019	560
2020	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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Data for records on 1979-06-16: 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	403
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3