Weather Records on 15 February 1980

1,007 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1980. Highest significance: Yeeda, AU.

Key Facts for 15 February 1980

On 15 February 1980, 1,007 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 977 daily.
Yeeda set a daily record precipitation of 175.0 mm (6.9 in) on 15 February 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

1,007 stations

1,007 station records on 15 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Leupp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broadview	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shelton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Junipine	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo Do Potengi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kid Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Van Nuys Fc15A	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,007 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 424, Heaviest daily snowfall 138, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 15 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	424
Heaviest daily snowfall	138
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 15 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 977.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

825 broken records

Margins by which the 825 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1980

Top 20 records on 15 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1980	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1980	Leupp, US	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1980	Minatitlan, MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1980	Centralia, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1980	McGaffey 5 SE, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Blue, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Alpine, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Centralia, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Crown King, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	El Morro Natl Mon, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Gisela, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Bremerton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Snowflake, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Tropic, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Williams, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Jerome, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Keosauqua, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Dunedin, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1980	Broadview, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	69 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

1794 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 1,007 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	750
50 to 100	52
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1