Weather Records on 17 June 1979

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1979. Highest significance: Cheraw, US.

Key Facts for 17 June 1979

On 17 June 1979, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 619 daily.
Cheraw set a monthly record daily precipitation of 172.5 mm (6.8 in) on 17 June 1979.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 17 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yadkinville 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oy-Mittelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turij Rog	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thies	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
North Pelican	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Castillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatabon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 17 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 21, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 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

17 June 1979

Top 20 records on 17 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1979	Cheraw, US	monthly rain	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	73 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1979	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1979	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1979	Attenkam, DE	all-time rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	63 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1979	Merrill, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1979	Stillwater 1 SE, US	monthly rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1979	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	all-time rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1979	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Rock Creek, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Woodstock, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Catawba, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Ft Meade, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Ebersberg-Halbing, DE	daily rain	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Medford, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Yadkinville 6 E, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Kiefersfelden-Gach, DE	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Oy-Mittelberg, DE	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1979	Turij Rog, RU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	51 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

1807 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1979. 1979 had 646 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

Download the Data

Data for records on 1979-06-17: 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	406
10 to 20	59
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	2