Weather Records on 24 October 1979

683 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1979. Highest significance: Boobyalla, AU.

Key Facts for 24 October 1979

On 24 October 1979, 683 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 677 daily.
Boobyalla set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 24 October 1979.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

683 stations

683 station records on 24 October 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Svetlograd	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wyangala Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arrozeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aroostook	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whynot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vergemont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karsakpaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

683 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 24 October 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 24 October 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 677.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1979

Top 20 records on 24 October 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1979	Boobyalla, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1979	Carrick (Oaks Road), AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1979	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Richland, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Svetlograd, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Rock 1 E, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Wyangala Dam, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Petaluma AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Houlton, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Sexton Summit, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Bajool Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Launceston Airport Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1979	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1979	Mt Shasta, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1979	Millinocket, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1979	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 683 records.

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

Records on 10-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1840	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	2
1869	2
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	1
1880	7
1881	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	3
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	6
1904	13
1905	22
1906	30
1907	11
1908	26
1909	13
1910	8
1911	23
1912	37
1913	85
1914	12
1915	43
1916	29
1917	145
1918	27
1919	48
1920	273
1921	54
1922	193
1923	169
1924	94
1925	258
1926	268
1927	308
1928	66
1929	200
1930	420
1931	351
1932	334
1933	256
1934	535
1935	343
1936	223
1937	588
1938	686
1939	776
1940	406
1941	304
1942	299
1943	369
1944	313
1945	549
1946	427
1947	427
1948	215
1949	624
1950	314
1951	546
1952	409
1953	244
1954	538
1955	460
1956	581
1957	673
1958	316
1959	885
1960	378
1961	228
1962	346
1963	1,397
1964	469
1965	387
1966	515
1967	273
1968	206
1969	1,115
1970	594
1971	794
1972	464
1973	558
1974	537
1975	2,018
1976	730
1977	469
1978	594
1979	683
1980	826
1981	1,920
1982	838
1983	662
1984	1,000
1985	902
1986	506
1987	674
1988	512
1989	1,182
1990	594
1991	1,380
1992	1,169
1993	602
1994	594
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,400
1998	1,238
1999	1,374
2000	1,514
2001	1,769
2002	2,094
2003	1,934
2004	1,300
2005	973
2006	1,709
2007	1,631
2008	808
2009	870
2010	1,037
2011	658
2012	1,027
2013	497
2014	883
2015	528
2016	622
2017	858
2018	442
2019	761
2020	1,993
2021	588
2022	1,412
2023	682
2024	783
2025	286

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Data for records on 1979-10-24: 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 20	527
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1