Weather Records on 19 January 1980

656 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1980. Highest significance: Edgerton, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 1980

On 19 January 1980, 656 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 635 daily.
Edgerton set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 19 January 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

656 stations

656 station records on 19 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Junipine	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elmo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Ludgero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Springs 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Attica 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iapi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carpenter 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rapidan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salto de Pirapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

656 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 327, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 19 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 19 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 635.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1980

Top 20 records on 19 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1980	Edgerton, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Newton, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Enterprise, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Cherokee 4W, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Junipine, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Silverton, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Anthony, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Haigler, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Vega 2NW, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Lipscomb, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	McNary 2N, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Lindsborg 3E, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Ft Supply 3SE, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Ibapah, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Elmo 1 SW, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1980	Sedgwick, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	34 years	42 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1980. 1980 had 656 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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 20	451
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	17
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2