Weather Records on 22 July 1979

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1979. Highest significance: Peddie (Mag), ZA.

Key Facts for 22 July 1979

On 22 July 1979, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 623 daily.
Peddie (Mag) set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 22 July 1979.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 22 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baunt	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kargasok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jardinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bergville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 340.

Records on 22 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1979

Top 20 records on 22 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1979	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1979	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	82 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1979	Penong, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1979	Monterey, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1979	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1979	Zamora, ES	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1979	Huichapan, MX	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Van Staadens (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Sebeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Susanville 2SW, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Winnebago, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Carroll, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Sparta Wwtp, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1979	Auburn, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	66 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 646 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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	510
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1