Weather Records on 13 October 1979

922 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1979. Highest significance: Uxbridge, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1979

On 13 October 1979, 922 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 430 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 900 daily.
Uxbridge set an all-time record daily precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 13 October 1979.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

922 stations

922 station records on 13 October 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Geraldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barter Island WSO AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Massawa	Eritrea	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koskats	Sweden	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mococa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarkand	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kugali	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campina da Alegria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frasers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shenandoah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

922 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 266, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 13 October 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	266
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 13 October 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 900.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

743 broken records

Margins by which the 743 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1979

Top 20 records on 13 October 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1979	Uxbridge, AU	all-time rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 October 1979	Uch-Aral, KZ	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Ishpeming, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Houghton (Glen Ewin), AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Ishpeming, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Le Bourget, FR	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Fazenda Sao Geraldo, BR	daily rain	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Caninde, BR	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Barter Island WSO AP, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Wales, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Bourges, FR	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Webster, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Gospic, HR	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Carrollton, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Emerald Post Office, AU	monthly high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1979	Massawa, ER	daily high max	40.5 C (104.9 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	32 years	37 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

1793 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 922 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,412
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	715
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	4