Weather Records on 6 December 1979

809 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1979. Highest significance: Muenster, CA.

Key Facts for 6 December 1979

On 6 December 1979, 809 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
588 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 783 daily.
Muenster set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 6 December 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

809 stations

809 station records on 6 December 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McMurray A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verona	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Torrance AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Nogal	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

809 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 282, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 6 December 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	282
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 6 December 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 783.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1979

Top 20 records on 6 December 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1979	Muenster, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Jacksonville NAS, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Fort McMurray A, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Los Reyes, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Madison, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Mohall, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Uccle, BE	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	110 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Alma Bacon Co AP, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Perry, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Freiburg, DE	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Hvar, HR	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Milan, IT	daily high max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	monthly high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Cottbus, DE	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	87 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1979	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1979	Pilger, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1979	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 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

1804 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1979. 1979 had 809 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 50	682
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1