Weather Records on 8 July 1979

703 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1979. Highest significance: Pecs Pogany, HU.

Key Facts for 8 July 1979

On 8 July 1979, 703 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 673 daily.
Pecs Pogany set a daily record precipitation of 37.4 mm (1.5 in) on 8 July 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

703 stations

703 station records on 8 July 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	44.9 C (112.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caririacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eenbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montenegro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hemse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiwal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irbejskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olastorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atemajac de Brizuela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hyltan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

703 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 July 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1979

Top 20 records on 8 July 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1979	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Washington Sp, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Podor, SN	daily high max	44.9 C (112.8 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	121 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Covington, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Hvar, HR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Osijek, HR	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Lahontan Dam, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Dime Box, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Caririacu, BR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Hewitt, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Tylertown 5ESE, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Eenbult, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Montenegro, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Teocelo, MX	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Hemse, SE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Plant City, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Elberton 2 N, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1979	Gainesville, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	62 years	38 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 703 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	439

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	463
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1