Weather Records on 13 July 1979

562 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1979. Highest significance: Pacelma, RU.

Key Facts for 13 July 1979

On 13 July 1979, 562 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 540 daily.
Pacelma set an all-time record daily precipitation of 93.5 mm (3.7 in) on 13 July 1979.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

562 stations

562 station records on 13 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pacelma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaguz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hilok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lac la Ronge	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skuitklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Puottaure	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aschaffenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Porjus	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bischbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pickle Lake (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nautijaur	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	44.1 C (111.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oaklandon Geist Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

562 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1979

Top 20 records on 13 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1979	Pacelma, RU	all-time rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1979	Roermond, NL	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1979	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1979	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1979	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1979	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1979	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Bad Ems, DE	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Spencer, US	all-time rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Whitestown, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Bochum, DE	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Ajaguz, KZ	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Hilok, RU	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Healdsburg, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Lac la Ronge, CA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Catemaco, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1979	Skuitklip, ZA	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17 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

1795 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1979. 1979 had 562 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	707
2026	1,124

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Data for records on 1979-07-13: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	386
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1