Weather Records on 19 August 1979

1,492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1979. Highest significance: Fort Beaufort, ZA.

Key Facts for 19 August 1979

On 19 August 1979, 1,492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 370 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 82 monthly and 1,406 daily.
Fort Beaufort set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 19 August 1979.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,492 stations

1,492 station records on 19 August 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Rietfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Verblyding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Doodarding Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkrakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie-Lea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walgoolan North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nokaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koorikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bendering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corrigin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pingaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg Im Breisgau-Herdern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,492 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 260, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 1,006, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 19 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	260
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	1,006
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 82, daily 1,406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,315 broken records

Margins by which the 1,315 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1979

Top 20 records on 19 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1979	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	91 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Rietfontein, ZA	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Cuttening, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Verblyding, ZA	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Ventersburg (Mag), ZA	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Doodarding Well, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Mincha, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Beatrix, ZA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Bushy Band, ZA	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Le Mars, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Leeuspruit Wes, ZA	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Beverley, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Kuilput, ZA	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1979	Kestell (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1979	Rietpan, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1979	Chambers, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1979	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	58 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

1797 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1979. 1979 had 1,492 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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	1,162
20 to 40	121
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1