Weather Records on 23 January 1980

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1980. Highest significance: Ameca, MX.

Key Facts for 23 January 1980

On 23 January 1980, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 704 daily.
Ameca set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 23 January 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 23 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ameca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Jaripo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Petatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.7 C (114.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tacotan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chaparaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Raya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jungapeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Cua	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purepero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Victoria (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Desembocada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Guadalupe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Etucuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Guaracha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mazamitla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armeria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urepetiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 438, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 23 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	438
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 23 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 30, daily 704.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 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

23 January 1980

Top 20 records on 23 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1980	Ameca, MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Jesus del Monte, MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Presa Jaripo, MX	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Palpan, MX	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Jesus Maria, MX	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	El Salto, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	La Union, MX	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Petatlan, MX	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Juchitlan, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Plains, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Chapala, MX	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Quitupan, MX	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily snowfall	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Ingenio Tamazula, MX	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Tuxcueca, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Merredin Research Station, AU	all-time high max	45.7 C (114.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Tacotan, MX	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Chaparaco, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	La Raya, MX	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1980	Buenavista, MX	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 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

1795 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1980. 1980 had 743 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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Data for records on 1980-01-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	625
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1