Weather Records on 10 January 1980

940 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 1980. Highest significance: Yarrie, AU.

Key Facts for 10 January 1980

On 10 January 1980, 940 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 903 daily.
Yarrie set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.9 mm (5.9 in) on 10 January 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

940 stations

940 station records on 10 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.9 mm (5.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.0 mm (10.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tathra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pauoa Flats 784	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarituba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olowalu 296.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Empress	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cabbage Tree Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

940 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 429, Heaviest daily snowfall 176, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 10 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	429
Heaviest daily snowfall	176
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 10 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 34, daily 903.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

830 broken records

Margins by which the 830 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 1980

Top 20 records on 10 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 1980	Yarrie, AU	monthly rain	148.9 mm (5.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	74 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Anacortes, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Parker Rsvr, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Pardoo Station, AU	all-time rain	275.0 mm (10.8 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Silver Lake Brighton, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Heber, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1980	Abydos Woodstock, AU	monthly rain	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Nova Cruz, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Rico, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Silver Lake Brighton, US	daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Longview, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Maffra Forestry Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Strelley, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Tathra Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1980	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	55 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

1799 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1980. 1980 had 940 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 10 January 1980
Margin	Records
0 to 100	766
100 to 200	45
200 to 300	15
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2