Weather Records on 10 August 1979

700 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1979. Highest significance: Nerchinskij Zavod, RU.

Key Facts for 10 August 1979

On 10 August 1979, 700 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 677 daily.
Nerchinskij Zavod set a daily record precipitation of 63.4 mm (2.5 in) on 10 August 1979.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

700 stations

700 station records on 10 August 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Almhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oktyabr Skoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mary College	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Varne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anahola 1114	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuichapa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Curtiss	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

700 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 208, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 252.

Records on 10 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	208
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 677.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1979

Top 20 records on 10 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1979	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1979	Flagler 1S, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1979	Oconomowoc Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Ust-Maja, RU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Sandbackshult, SE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Medford, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Sheboygan, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Mauston 1 SE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Almhult, SE	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Goliad, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Lund, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Perry, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Cedar Falls Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Griffiss AFB, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1979	Indore, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	44 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

1814 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1979. 1979 had 700 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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	483
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1