Weather Records on 5 September 1979

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1979. Highest significance: Conway, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1979

On 5 September 1979, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 566 daily.
Conway set a daily record precipitation of 188.7 mm (7.4 in) on 5 September 1979.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 5 September 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Loris 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	271.8 mm (10.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	315.0 mm (12.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Gargalheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tamanrasset	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princesa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Rafael	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iqaluit A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melitopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aquiraz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhni Sirohozy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 September 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1979 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 34, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1979

Top 20 records on 5 September 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1979	Conway, US	daily rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1979	Kingstree, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1979	Loris 2 S, US	all-time rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1979	Langley AFB, US	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1979	Givhans Ferry 2 ESE, US	monthly rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1979	New Holland, US	monthly rain	271.8 mm (10.7 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1979	Sumter, US	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Ashland, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Elizabeth City Cgas, US	all-time rain	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Kershaw 1SW, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Lake City 2 SE, US	all-time rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Batesburg, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Parau, BR	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Guayama 1SW, PR	all-time rain	315.0 mm (12.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1979	Lexington, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	54 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

1802 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1979. 1979 had 611 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

Download the Data

Data for records on 1979-09-05: 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	375
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	27
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1