Weather Records on 10 December 1979

1,378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1979. Highest significance: Sandhammaren, SE.

Key Facts for 10 December 1979

On 10 December 1979, 1,378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
960 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 1,319 daily.
Sandhammaren set a monthly record daily precipitation of 33.7 mm (1.3 in) on 10 December 1979.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,378 stations

1,378 station records on 10 December 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandhammaren	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Smygehuk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Malmo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ystad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Giralia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trelleborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tiksi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.2 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vomb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wertheim-Eichel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jordberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kopinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen (Lahntal)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tvingelshed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wartenberg-Angersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rollbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schmalkalden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Almhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.1 cm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,378 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 569, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 391, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 322, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 10 December 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	569
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	391
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	322
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 10 December 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 1,319.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,221 broken records

Margins by which the 1,221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1979

Top 20 records on 10 December 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1979	Sandhammaren, SE	monthly rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1979	Malmo_2, SE	monthly rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1979	Lund, SE	monthly rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	105 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1979	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	monthly rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1979	Smygehuk, SE	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Maroonah, AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Simmern-Wahlbach, DE	monthly rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Bad Schwalbach, DE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Malmo, SE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Ystad, SE	monthly rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Giralia, AU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Birx/Rhon, DE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Muenster, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1979	Trelleborg, SE	monthly rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	29 years	47 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

1796 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1979. 1979 had 1,378 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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	1,207
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1