Weather Records on 22 January 1980

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1980. Highest significance: Hobbs, US.

Key Facts for 22 January 1980

On 22 January 1980, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 560 daily.
Hobbs set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 22 January 1980.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 22 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peamiller (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maljamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Deer Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calpulalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farnsworth Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Buena (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmer 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stamps	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bellrock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Escura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowknife Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gloster 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jewett	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karnack	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beer Sheva	Israel	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 22 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 22 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 560.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1980

Top 20 records on 22 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1980	Hobbs, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Peamiller (Smn), MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Elk, US	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Maljamar, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Pearl, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Emory, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Palpan, MX	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Azueta, MX	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Houston Deer Park, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Mmabatho Arpt, ZA	daily rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Malelane, ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Ghanzi, BW	daily rain	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Calpulalpan, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Farnsworth Rch, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Hope, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1980	Pittsburg 5 SSE, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	43 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

1795 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1980. 1980 had 578 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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	467
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1