Weather Records on 25 August 1979

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1979. Highest significance: Hoopdal (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 25 August 1979

On 25 August 1979, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 796 daily.
Hoopdal (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 25 August 1979.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 25 August 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoopdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Banderlierkop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Juliana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curryville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huamuxtitlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lessebo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lauchapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barber	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arvingetorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rorsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 25 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 796.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1979

Top 20 records on 25 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1979	Hoopdal (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1979	Zwartrandjes, ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Juchitan de Zaragoza, MX	daily rain	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Banderlierkop (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Juliana, ZA	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Ft Payne, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Abbeville, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Potgietersrus, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Stockville, US	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Barrow AP, US	all-time high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Ixtepec, MX	daily rain	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Curryville 3 W, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Boquilla Numero Uno, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Thurlga, AU	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1979	Grass Range, US	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	39 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

1796 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1979. 1979 had 828 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

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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	622
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1