Weather Records on 27 July 1979

749 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1979. Highest significance: Runge, US.

Key Facts for 27 July 1979

On 27 July 1979, 749 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 723 daily.
Runge set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 27 July 1979.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

749 stations

749 station records on 27 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blenheim Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Groveton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Asmara	Eritrea	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Horatio	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bedias	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jewett	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhnyj Tagil	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kungur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

749 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 361.

Records on 27 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 21, daily 723.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1979

Top 20 records on 27 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1979	Runge, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1979	Paoli, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1979	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1979	Centerville, US	monthly rain	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1979	Long Lake 5 SW, US	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Blenheim Station, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Karnes City 2N, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Cameron, US	monthly rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Groveton, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Smithville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Austin-Camp Mabry, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Palestine 2 NE, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Asmara, ER	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Horatio, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Elliston, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Conklingville Dam, US	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1979	Pearsall, US	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 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

1805 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1979. 1979 had 749 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1979-07-27: 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	472
20 to 40	73
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	2