Weather Records on 25 September 1979

719 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 September 1979. Highest significance: Port Kenny (Yandra), AU.

Key Facts for 25 September 1979

On 25 September 1979, 719 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 698 daily.
Port Kenny (Yandra) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.2 mm (2.6 in) on 25 September 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

719 stations

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

Weather records on 25 September 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Hope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ponte de Itabapoana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Pioneer Bend)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Western River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wirraminna Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montenegro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kandi	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

719 records

Records set or tied on 25 September 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 324.

Records on 25 September 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 September 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 698.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 September 1979

Top 20 records on 25 September 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 September 1979	Port Kenny (Yandra), AU	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	72 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Minnipa, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Mount Hope, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Cummins, AU	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Kappawanta, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 September 1979	Ponte de Itabapoana, BR	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1979	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1979	Parndana (Pioneer Bend), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1979	Yeelanna, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1979	American River, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1979	Western River, AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 September 1979	Stokes, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	85 years	46 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

1825 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 1979. 1979 had 719 records.

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

Records on 09-25 in each year
Year	Records
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1857	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1884	3
1885	6
1886	1
1887	3
1889	7
1891	3
1893	7
1894	3
1895	5
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	6
1902	11
1903	4
1904	10
1905	16
1906	7
1907	35
1908	20
1909	22
1910	5
1911	9
1912	63
1913	13
1914	15
1915	43
1916	139
1917	138
1918	16
1919	20
1920	75
1921	32
1922	47
1923	68
1924	157
1925	141
1926	740
1927	166
1928	480
1929	158
1930	489
1931	500
1932	260
1933	542
1934	394
1935	258
1936	274
1937	190
1938	335
1939	454
1940	517
1941	269
1942	970
1943	488
1944	246
1945	514
1946	292
1947	666
1948	501
1949	479
1950	1,163
1951	639
1952	515
1953	242
1954	292
1955	546
1956	503
1957	231
1958	454
1959	396
1960	694
1961	530
1962	305
1963	602
1964	403
1965	690
1966	334
1967	428
1968	300
1969	196
1970	783
1971	323
1972	706
1973	650
1974	995
1975	1,166
1976	541
1977	875
1978	462
1979	719
1980	687
1981	669
1982	759
1983	647
1984	1,305
1985	446
1986	1,766
1987	560
1988	571
1989	1,367
1990	875
1991	1,243
1992	1,346
1993	1,015
1994	666
1995	1,013
1996	648
1997	1,278
1998	1,346
1999	804
2000	1,536
2001	1,536
2002	876
2003	758
2004	519
2005	1,484
2006	767
2007	1,284
2008	766
2009	854
2010	1,125
2011	763
2012	505
2013	615
2014	800
2015	868
2016	781
2017	1,253
2018	648
2019	530
2020	1,089
2021	355
2022	301
2023	580
2024	1,120
2025	569
2026	473

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Data for records on 1979-09-25: 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	534
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1