Weather Records on 29 June 1979

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 June 1979. Highest significance: Little Falls 2NNE, US.

Key Facts for 29 June 1979

On 29 June 1979, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 501 daily.
Little Falls 2NNE set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 29 June 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 29 June 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 June 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Odienne	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calpulalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cortes Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wis Rapids Grand Av B	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tamanrasset	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cowaramup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munsvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	46.3 C (115.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aspen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 29 June 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 29 June 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 June 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

367 broken records

Margins by which the 367 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 June 1979

Top 20 records on 29 June 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 June 1979	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Ft Atkinson Wwtp, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Bloomer, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Whitewater Wwtp, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Odienne, CI	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Amery, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Ridgeland 1NNE, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Pacific, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Calpulalpan, MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Bellevue L/D 12, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Cortes Island, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Cumberland, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Mascota (Smn), MX	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Forest Grove, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Minusinsk, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Wis Rapids Grand Av B, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Hatteras, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 June 1979	Tamanrasset, DZ	all-time high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	36 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

1812 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1979. 1979 had 517 records.

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

Records on 06-29 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1829	1
1834	2
1835	2
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1854	1
1857	2
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	5
1893	2
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	2
1899	6
1900	4
1901	10
1902	18
1903	7
1904	8
1905	22
1906	36
1907	16
1908	9
1909	19
1910	107
1911	22
1912	23
1913	73
1914	58
1915	54
1916	87
1917	45
1918	51
1919	85
1920	257
1921	74
1922	134
1923	326
1924	128
1925	135
1926	134
1927	153
1928	186
1929	185
1930	285
1931	935
1932	141
1933	590
1934	735
1935	298
1936	682
1937	344
1938	418
1939	452
1940	353
1941	396
1942	310
1943	515
1944	325
1945	604
1946	566
1947	497
1948	423
1949	409
1950	393
1951	439
1952	730
1953	322
1954	384
1955	452
1956	542
1957	572
1958	454
1959	733
1960	266
1961	374
1962	269
1963	742
1964	297
1965	407
1966	492
1967	315
1968	748
1969	561
1970	814
1971	494
1972	574
1973	730
1974	804
1975	552
1976	558
1977	664
1978	929
1979	517
1980	984
1981	807
1982	1,150
1983	1,298
1984	719
1985	925
1986	673
1987	739
1988	1,074
1989	915
1990	932
1991	1,346
1992	1,328
1993	840
1994	1,227
1995	1,101
1996	1,032
1997	1,143
1998	1,448
1999	1,147
2000	1,151
2001	625
2002	929
2003	1,014
2004	1,013
2005	1,247
2006	793
2007	935
2008	780
2009	890
2010	1,041
2011	1,171
2012	1,374
2013	900
2014	606
2015	1,119
2016	419
2017	688
2018	590
2019	732
2020	1,249
2021	1,623
2022	759
2023	486
2024	948
2025	623
2026	1,299

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	337
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1