Weather Records on 23 July 1979

648 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1979. Highest significance: Murraysburg (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 23 July 1979

On 23 July 1979, 648 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 633 daily.
Murraysburg (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 23 July 1979.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

648 stations

648 station records on 23 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ush-Tobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rooirivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrylivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gulfport Naval Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexander	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
South Nietta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Kara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liawenee Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

648 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 323.

Records on 23 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 633.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

546 broken records

Margins by which the 546 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1979

Top 20 records on 23 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1979	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1979	Jetmore, US	all-time rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1979	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1979	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1979	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1979	Webster City, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	82 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1979	Rockwell City, US	all-time rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1979	Cape St. Francis, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Izeleni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Ush-Tobe, KZ	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Fargo Hector Intl AP, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Van Staadens (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Highmore, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Ventnor, ZA	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Rodino, RU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Rooirivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Kyrylivka, UA	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1979	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	46 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

1794 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 648 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	494
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1