Weather Records on 11 January 1980

1,319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1980. Highest significance: Vancouver 4 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 11 January 1980

On 11 January 1980, 1,319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
512 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,290 daily.
Vancouver 4 NNE set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 11 January 1980.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

1,319 stations

1,319 station records on 11 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Langara	Canada	Record daily snowfall	56.1 cm (22.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Monica Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	286.3 mm (11.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fran?A	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Lester B. Pearson Int'	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Sapucai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balgo Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acopiara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redickville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morin Heights	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Jerome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Condado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nachiki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,319 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 353, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 620, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 11 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	353
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	620
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 11 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 25, daily 1,290.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,118 broken records

Margins by which the 1,118 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 293.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1980

Top 20 records on 11 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1980	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1980	Langara, CA	all-time snowfall	56.1 cm (22.1 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	7 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1980	Huberdeau, CA	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1980	Acude Santo Antonio de Russas, BR	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	St Gabriel de Brandon, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Santa Monica Pier, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Haleakala Rs 338, US	daily rain	286.3 mm (11.3 in)	248.5 mm (9.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Golden A, CA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Descanso Rs, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Arlington, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Hillside Station, AU	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Fran?A, BR	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Abbeville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Chimacum 4 S, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Wanna, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Golden A, CA	daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1980	Toronto Lester B. Pearson Int', CA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	46 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

1794 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 1,319 records.

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

Records on 01-11 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1840	1
1851	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1873	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	1
1896	8
1897	14
1898	5
1899	3
1900	8
1901	6
1902	6
1903	15
1904	3
1905	10
1906	4
1907	9
1908	7
1909	28
1910	50
1911	48
1912	47
1913	32
1914	41
1915	26
1916	79
1917	107
1918	208
1919	17
1920	101
1921	65
1922	131
1923	106
1924	367
1925	116
1926	102
1927	278
1928	589
1929	112
1930	186
1931	115
1932	180
1933	239
1934	192
1935	163
1936	475
1937	325
1938	192
1939	370
1940	419
1941	348
1942	687
1943	206
1944	109
1945	624
1946	325
1947	259
1948	342
1949	970
1950	420
1951	325
1952	214
1953	797
1954	526
1955	214
1956	594
1957	506
1958	344
1959	439
1960	548
1961	414
1962	2,062
1963	1,600
1964	248
1965	431
1966	246
1967	412
1968	1,103
1969	511
1970	539
1971	871
1972	1,400
1973	675
1974	1,878
1975	2,114
1976	685
1977	1,319
1978	654
1979	1,379
1980	1,319
1981	959
1982	2,363
1983	1,486
1984	828
1985	699
1986	873
1987	1,598
1988	1,065
1989	836
1990	1,459
1991	1,469
1992	718
1993	1,883
1994	667
1995	1,297
1996	1,366
1997	1,558
1998	1,165
1999	923
2000	1,122
2001	778
2002	970
2003	752
2004	848
2005	1,539
2006	1,096
2007	994
2008	1,019
2009	682
2010	1,093
2011	1,709
2012	881
2013	1,468
2014	684
2015	533
2016	555
2017	1,124
2018	1,027
2019	345
2020	1,617
2021	702
2022	295
2023	676
2024	614
2025	806
2026	499

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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	1,051
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	5