Weather Records on 19 July 1979

964 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1979. Highest significance: Fir Glen, ZA.

Key Facts for 19 July 1979

On 19 July 1979, 964 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 386 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 922 daily.
Fir Glen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 137.0 mm (5.4 in) on 19 July 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

964 stations

964 station records on 19 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Letjiebos (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grantham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Compton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.9 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oukraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cegcuana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mexicali (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rome R B Russell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mooredale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moyale	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houd Constant	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Burras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Alamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warralakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bavertrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alliston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

964 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 213, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 371.

Records on 19 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	213
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 36, daily 922.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

792 broken records

Margins by which the 792 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1979

Top 20 records on 19 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1979	Fir Glen, ZA	monthly rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 July 1979	Hatch, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1979	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1979	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1979	Mbulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1979	Letjiebos (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1979	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Grantham, ZA	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Nkobongo (Agr), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Compton, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Telpoort, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Madrid - Retiro, ES	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Lajas Substn, PR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Kloofend, ZA	daily rain	96.9 mm (3.8 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Araruna, BR	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Oukraal, ZA	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1979	Cegcuana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	49 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

1799 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1979. 1979 had 964 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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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 10	638
10 to 20	99
20 to 30	31
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1