Weather Records on 23 June 1979

550 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 June 1979. Highest significance: Cumikan, RU.

Key Facts for 23 June 1979

On 23 June 1979, 550 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 277 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 540 daily.
Cumikan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 94.5 mm (3.7 in) on 23 June 1979.
Across 161 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

550 stations

550 station records on 23 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barisaho	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farnsworth Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kauffman 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yanchep	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ajojucar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

550 records

Records set or tied on 23 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

444 broken records

Margins by which the 444 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 June 1979

Top 20 records on 23 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 June 1979	Cumikan, RU	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Durham, CA	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Naponee, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Nizhne-Tambovskoe, RU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Springfield, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Fairmont, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Barisaho, GE	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Moran, US	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Haliburton A, CA	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Farnsworth Rch, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1979	Udskoe, RU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1979	Belya, RU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1979	Kauffman 4 SSE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1979	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1805 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1979. 1979 had 550 records.

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

Records on 06-23 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1821	2
1822	1
1824	1
1834	1
1843	1
1849	2
1850	1
1853	2
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1874	3
1876	1
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	4
1887	3
1888	4
1889	4
1890	1
1892	9
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	5
1902	10
1903	22
1904	10
1905	16
1906	14
1907	20
1908	20
1909	29
1910	30
1911	23
1912	38
1913	28
1914	31
1915	127
1916	14
1917	22
1918	92
1919	42
1920	76
1921	72
1922	25
1923	143
1924	86
1925	162
1926	336
1927	104
1928	155
1929	182
1930	408
1931	331
1932	208
1933	605
1934	367
1935	231
1936	627
1937	479
1938	266
1939	218
1940	365
1941	295
1942	475
1943	260
1944	427
1945	394
1946	348
1947	648
1948	567
1949	424
1950	812
1951	443
1952	538
1953	657
1954	486
1955	369
1956	533
1957	514
1958	630
1959	427
1960	452
1961	453
1962	285
1963	546
1964	434
1965	391
1966	426
1967	708
1968	356
1969	969
1970	484
1971	270
1972	1,522
1973	520
1974	625
1975	681
1976	668
1977	480
1978	509
1979	550
1980	633
1981	846
1982	602
1983	968
1984	654
1985	552
1986	628
1987	946
1988	1,751
1989	1,039
1990	639
1991	904
1992	1,675
1993	922
1994	956
1995	891
1996	1,342
1997	777
1998	1,589
1999	904
2000	636
2001	808
2002	1,079
2003	1,335
2004	970
2005	1,070
2006	810
2007	802
2008	533
2009	1,077
2010	966
2011	989
2012	793
2013	525
2014	382
2015	642
2016	1,203
2017	1,012
2018	493
2019	1,174
2020	716
2021	950
2022	661
2023	942
2024	959
2025	1,414
2026	894

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Data for records on 1979-06-23: 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	387
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2