Weather Records on 19 October 1979

1,237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1979. Highest significance: Windom, US.

Key Facts for 19 October 1979

On 19 October 1979, 1,237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,213 daily.
Windom set a daily record precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 19 October 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,237 stations

1,237 station records on 19 October 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coribe (Rio Alegre)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sheaville 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malad City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santana (Santana Do Brejo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cotegipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kipling	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellery Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,237 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 313, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 732, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 19 October 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	313
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	732
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 19 October 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 1,213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,058 broken records

Margins by which the 1,058 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 158.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1979

Top 20 records on 19 October 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1979	Windom, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1979	Cape Agulhas, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1979	Sigourney, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1979	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Malad, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Ochoco Rs, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Sibley, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Newton, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Remanso, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Washington, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Gravelbourg, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Dundurn, CA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Sedgwick, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Coribe (Rio Alegre), BR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1979	Fern Ridge-Veneta, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 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

1806 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1979. 1979 had 1,237 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 20	948
20 to 40	75
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	3