Weather Records on 24 June 1979

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 June 1979. Highest significance: Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU.

Key Facts for 24 June 1979

On 24 June 1979, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 395 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 816 daily.
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 24 June 1979.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 24 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Javlenka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mindalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walk Walkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarockin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bredy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna Lock 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meeline Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manavi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daniels Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weiden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Byhalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 24 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 187, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 208, Heaviest daily rainfall 310, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	187
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	208
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 June 1979

Top 20 records on 24 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 June 1979	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 June 1979	Bencubbin, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Javlenka, KZ	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Guanacevi (Smn), MX	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Brinkley, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Buntine East, AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Bradford, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Aseral, NO	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Coldwater, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Mindalla, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Walk Walkin, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Boodarockin, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Bredy, RU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Buntine, AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Coomberdale, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Ravenna Lock 12, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Moningarin, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1979	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	44 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

1793 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 830 records.

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

Records on 06-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	2
1813	1
1821	1
1822	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	5
1889	4
1892	11
1893	7
1894	4
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	4
1902	10
1903	17
1904	10
1905	13
1906	13
1907	28
1908	25
1909	52
1910	21
1911	24
1912	141
1913	36
1914	50
1915	57
1916	57
1917	24
1918	56
1919	32
1920	31
1921	33
1922	46
1923	262
1924	119
1925	220
1926	219
1927	155
1928	275
1929	299
1930	366
1931	668
1932	351
1933	482
1934	390
1935	279
1936	897
1937	473
1938	388
1939	296
1940	534
1941	361
1942	373
1943	293
1944	394
1945	352
1946	384
1947	432
1948	398
1949	360
1950	681
1951	452
1952	798
1953	422
1954	439
1955	327
1956	603
1957	706
1958	583
1959	369
1960	320
1961	603
1962	260
1963	433
1964	365
1965	443
1966	490
1967	613
1968	500
1969	992
1970	536
1971	557
1972	1,204
1973	400
1974	922
1975	798
1976	840
1977	508
1978	582
1979	830
1980	655
1981	767
1982	615
1983	913
1984	732
1985	797
1986	672
1987	805
1988	1,646
1989	733
1990	689
1991	935
1992	1,104
1993	1,054
1994	1,019
1995	751
1996	1,019
1997	854
1998	1,127
1999	815
2000	605
2001	684
2002	864
2003	1,199
2004	946
2005	1,322
2006	789
2007	779
2008	533
2009	935
2010	1,102
2011	845
2012	991
2013	667
2014	460
2015	583
2016	1,245
2017	1,139
2018	459
2019	889
2020	609
2021	929
2022	650
2023	682
2024	784
2025	1,508
2026	927

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 June 1979
Margin	Records
0 to 10	572
10 to 20	82
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4