Weather Records on 7 February 1980

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1980. Highest significance: Oberlin, US.

Key Facts for 7 February 1980

On 7 February 1980, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 616 daily.
Oberlin set a daily record precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 7 February 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

641 stations

641 station records on 7 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vona	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itapicuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carpenter 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ipupiara (Jordao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Double Four Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 148, Deepest snow cover 95.

Records on 7 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	148
Deepest snow cover	95

Records on 7 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 20, daily 616.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

515 broken records

Margins by which the 515 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1980

Top 20 records on 7 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1980	Oberlin, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1980	Independence, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1980	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Meade, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Goodland, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Oberlin, US	all-time snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Dodge City, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Estancia, BR	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Araci, BR	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Holyoke, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Vona, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	N Platte Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Wray, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Beaver City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Gothenburg, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1980	Lumberton, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	73 years	45 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

1803 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1980. 1980 had 641 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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	414
50 to 100	68
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1