Weather Records on 12 January 1980

1,442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1980. Highest significance: Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU.

Key Facts for 12 January 1980

On 12 January 1980, 1,442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
536 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 72 monthly and 1,365 daily.
Geelong Salines (Moolap) set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 January 1980.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,442 stations

1,442 station records on 12 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Metolius 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Redmond AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sabrina	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Araujos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bickleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hilts Slash Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruna-Jusante (on?A)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Split Rock Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Langara	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.2 cm (9.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-42.6 C (-44.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaque Raymond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,442 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 313, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 754, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 12 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	313
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	754
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 12 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 72, daily 1,365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,267 broken records

Margins by which the 1,267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1980

Top 20 records on 12 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1980	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1980	Heber, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1980	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1980	Chittenden, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1980	Metolius 1 W, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1980	Richmond, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1980	Lake Spaulding, US	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Silver Lake, US	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Redmond AP, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Lake Sabrina, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Little River, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Madras, US	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Santa Isabel, BR	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Adin Rs, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Paisley, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Eversley, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Preston Sugar Factory, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1980	Houlton, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	50 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 1,442 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	1,227
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1