Weather Records on 14 February 1980

681 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 February 1980. Highest significance: Mtn Grove 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 14 February 1980

On 14 February 1980, 681 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 647 daily.
Mtn Grove 2 N set a daily record snow depth of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 14 February 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

681 stations

681 station records on 14 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Desert Resorts Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Las Escobas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Alegria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bel Air Fc 10A	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vincent Fs Fc 120	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Telmo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pacoima Dam Fc33A-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acton Escondido Fc261	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lytle Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

681 records

Records set or tied on 14 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 14 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 14 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

566 broken records

Margins by which the 566 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 February 1980

Top 20 records on 14 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 February 1980	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1980	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1980	New Harmony, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Monticello 2E, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Alpine, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Hatch, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Colonia Guerrero, MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Durango, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Desert Resorts Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Mount House Station, AU	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	San Vicente, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	St George, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Beaumont #2, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Monte Alegre de Minas, BR	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Las Escobas, MX	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1980	Williams, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	48 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

1794 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 681 records.

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

Records on 02-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	1
1806	1
1825	1
1829	1
1830	1
1836	1
1845	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	8
1858	2
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	1
1898	8
1899	13
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	12
1905	30
1906	3
1907	10
1908	20
1909	17
1910	4
1911	100
1912	11
1913	86
1914	71
1915	55
1916	62
1917	122
1918	41
1919	52
1920	26
1921	46
1922	33
1923	133
1924	108
1925	77
1926	147
1927	131
1928	255
1929	222
1930	167
1931	264
1932	243
1933	189
1934	586
1935	444
1936	929
1937	460
1938	596
1939	354
1940	278
1941	148
1942	491
1943	672
1944	435
1945	407
1946	578
1947	738
1948	522
1949	1,336
1950	595
1951	657
1952	281
1953	180
1954	1,383
1955	515
1956	382
1957	482
1958	644
1959	875
1960	945
1961	352
1962	708
1963	247
1964	176
1965	291
1966	719
1967	580
1968	526
1969	822
1970	578
1971	832
1972	379
1973	486
1974	413
1975	400
1976	511
1977	463
1978	1,158
1979	2,176
1980	681
1981	946
1982	843
1983	934
1984	1,138
1985	727
1986	937
1987	702
1988	511
1989	1,224
1990	2,162
1991	1,076
1992	829
1993	629
1994	742
1995	1,981
1996	1,102
1997	935
1998	1,409
1999	842
2000	1,242
2001	1,063
2002	683
2003	1,040
2004	1,180
2005	915
2006	668
2007	1,825
2008	855
2009	979
2010	1,051
2011	802
2012	747
2013	288
2014	1,445
2015	980
2016	1,286
2017	787
2018	391
2019	749
2020	936
2021	3,053
2022	469
2023	736
2024	647
2025	550
2026	627

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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	510
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1