Weather Records on 7 August 1979

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1979. Highest significance: Tlaquepaque, MX.

Key Facts for 7 August 1979

On 7 August 1979, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
330 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 538 daily.
Tlaquepaque set a daily record precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 7 August 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 7 August 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kotlas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gulca	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Verebye (Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hagersville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Sepe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quemado	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dona Francisca (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chaska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Allison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dunbar Forest Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1979

Top 20 records on 7 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1979	Tlaquepaque, MX	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Petrozawodsk, RU	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Los Reyes, MX	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Uil, KZ	daily high min	25.9 C (78.6 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Philip AP, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Kotlas, RU	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Rapid City Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Gulca, KG	monthly rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Biskra, DZ	monthly high min	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Verebye (Closed), RU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Hagersville, CA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1979	Sao Sepe, BR	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1979	Bishop AP, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1979	Tanbar Station, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1979	Joskar-Ola, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1979	Carroll, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1979	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1979	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	78 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1808 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1979. 1979 had 559 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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	338
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3