Weather Records on 28 January 1980

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1980. Highest significance: Cape Hermes, ZA.

Key Facts for 28 January 1980

On 28 January 1980, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 355 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 748 daily.
Cape Hermes set a daily record precipitation of 150.0 mm (5.9 in) on 28 January 1980.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

763 stations

763 station records on 28 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tkvarcheli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Las Palmas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barisaho	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carpenter 3N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shovi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Sulphur Spgs 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arrowhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Pilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Puerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 184, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 28 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	184
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 28 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1980

Top 20 records on 28 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1980	Cape Hermes, ZA	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	111.1 mm (4.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Ingwavuma (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Eagle FAA AP, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Cheyenne, US	monthly snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Doctors Creek, AU	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Teberda, RU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Upper Forest Springs, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Oak City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Braeside, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Deseret, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Fernflat, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Tkvarcheli, GE	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis, MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Balgownie West, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Eads, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Benkelman 1N, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Cooyar Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1980	Valle de Las Palmas, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 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

1796 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1980. 1980 had 763 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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 25	536
25 to 50	48
50 to 75	23
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	9
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	4
175 to 200	1