Weather Records on 31 January 1980

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1980. Highest significance: Abydos Woodstock, AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1980

On 31 January 1980, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 743 daily.
Abydos Woodstock set a daily record precipitation of 126.0 mm (5.0 in) on 31 January 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 31 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Felix	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brucken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere (Acacia House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alto Uruguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna Lock 12	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enderby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hickman Lock 8	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot 1 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carpenter 3N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mascote	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandspit A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 172, Deepest snow cover 86.

Records on 31 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	172
Deepest snow cover	86

Records on 31 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 743.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 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

31 January 1980

Top 20 records on 31 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1980	Abydos Woodstock, AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1980	Wollomombi (Wallamumbi), AU	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Mundo Novo, BR	monthly rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Waynesburg 7 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Burenda, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Rocky Mt 8 ESE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Georgetown Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Paintsville 1E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Buckhannon, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Sao Felix, BR	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Salvisa Lock 6, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Brucken, DE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Windermere (Acacia House), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Alto Uruguai, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1980	Sao Goncalo Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	40 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

1800 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1980. 1980 had 757 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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	525
50 to 100	57
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1