Weather Records on 1 October 1979

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1979. Highest significance: Nicosia, CY.

Key Facts for 1 October 1979

On 1 October 1979, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 441 daily.
Nicosia set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 1 October 1979.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

488 stations

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

Weather records on 1 October 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elkwood 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strausstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Grullo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jolalpan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Svetlograd	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Nogal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ysleta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 145.

Records on 1 October 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 47, daily 441.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1979

Top 20 records on 1 October 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1979	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1979	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Elkwood 6 SE, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Parkton 2 SW, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Koetong, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Woodstock, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Purcellville, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Ephrata, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Sackville, CA	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Unionville, US	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Coloso, PR	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Spring Grove, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Bloomer, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Stanley Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	La Crosse Muni AP, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1979	Vienna, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	38 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

1813 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1979. 1979 had 488 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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 10	279
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1