Weather Records on 7 September 1979

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1979. Highest significance: Baldwinsville, US.

Key Facts for 7 September 1979

On 7 September 1979, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 562 daily.
Baldwinsville set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 7 September 1979.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

583 stations

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

Weather records on 7 September 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Varzea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Catole	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Londonderry	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Slide Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daniels Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Towong Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Barretal I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 218.

Records on 7 September 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 562.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

424 broken records

Margins by which the 424 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1979

Top 20 records on 7 September 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1979	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1979	Elizabethtown, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1979	Varzea, BR	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1979	Lyons Falls, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Cavendish, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Chasm Falls, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Peru, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Searsburg STN, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	W Otis, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Woodstock, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Wooroona, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	N Creek 5 SE, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Berlin, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Catole, BR	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Readsboro 1 SE, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	South Londonderry, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Slide Mtn, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Whitingham 1 W, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1979	Brewerton Lock 23, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	42 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 583 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

Download the Data

Data for records on 1979-09-07: 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 10	327
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	12
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	2