Weather Records on 6 July 1979

1,092 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1979. Highest significance: Quitman 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 1979

On 6 July 1979, 1,092 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 718 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 117 monthly and 972 daily.
Quitman 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 6 July 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,092 stations

1,092 station records on 6 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kezma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ojmjakon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Agdam	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morozovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maramec	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ysleta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mier Y Noriega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,092 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 342, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 376, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	342
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	376
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 117, daily 972.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

810 broken records

Margins by which the 810 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1979

Top 20 records on 6 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1979	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 July 1979	Kezma, RU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 July 1979	Helena 1 SSE, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Ojmjakon, RU	all-time rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Mangum, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Atchison, US	monthly low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Great Salt Plains Dam, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Okemah, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Neosho Rapids, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Atengo (Smn), MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Winter Haven, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Carrollton, US	monthly low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Bolivar, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Sinton, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Kursk, RU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Beloit, US	monthly low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1979	Minneapolis, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	74 years	45 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 1,092 records.

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

Records on 07-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1812	1
1813	1
1819	1
1821	1
1828	3
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	4
1883	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	5
1900	12
1901	7
1902	6
1903	2
1904	4
1905	8
1906	16
1907	9
1908	22
1909	22
1910	31
1911	45
1912	32
1913	18
1914	50
1915	83
1916	38
1917	26
1918	28
1919	36
1920	36
1921	80
1922	159
1923	177
1924	163
1925	160
1926	133
1927	255
1928	231
1929	106
1930	285
1931	489
1932	470
1933	310
1934	400
1935	222
1936	683
1937	385
1938	269
1939	425
1940	437
1941	337
1942	543
1943	349
1944	320
1945	337
1946	172
1947	506
1948	698
1949	405
1950	541
1951	623
1952	456
1953	656
1954	494
1955	388
1956	722
1957	359
1958	717
1959	285
1960	687
1961	501
1962	434
1963	350
1964	579
1965	442
1966	319
1967	684
1968	739
1969	786
1970	497
1971	412
1972	1,368
1973	1,196
1974	456
1975	743
1976	595
1977	848
1978	1,072
1979	1,092
1980	587
1981	1,016
1982	803
1983	1,002
1984	782
1985	874
1986	870
1987	636
1988	2,036
1989	838
1990	854
1991	888
1992	936
1993	1,419
1994	1,345
1995	779
1996	1,034
1997	792
1998	1,238
1999	1,603
2000	753
2001	1,020
2002	650
2003	723
2004	903
2005	927
2006	1,122
2007	1,303
2008	937
2009	935
2010	1,199
2011	617
2012	1,398
2013	607
2014	494
2015	1,160
2016	778
2017	808
2018	714
2019	523
2020	380
2021	746
2022	890
2023	548
2024	1,185
2025	619
2026	517

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Data for records on 1979-07-06: 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 20	756
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4