Weather Records on 18 February 1980

1,018 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1980. Highest significance: Bonney Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 18 February 1980

On 18 February 1980, 1,018 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
396 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 984 daily.
Bonney Downs set a daily record precipitation of 115.0 mm (4.5 in) on 18 February 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,018 stations

1,018 station records on 18 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ephraim	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fran?A	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Monte Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo (Aeroport	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anza	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Ni Fc102C	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Covina City Yard Fc387B	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Dimas Fire Fc 95	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Junipine	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bel Air Fc 10A	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Carmem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Valley - Carvers	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Margarita Boost	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Wynola	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,018 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 364, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 466, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 18 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	364
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	466
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 18 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 984.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

843 broken records

Margins by which the 843 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1980

Top 20 records on 18 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1980	Bonney Downs, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1980	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1980	Ethel Creek, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1980	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	all-time rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1980	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1980	Mundiwindi, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1980	Ephraim, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Scipio, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Araci, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Fran?A, BR	daily rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Fazenda Monte Alegre, BR	monthly rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Levan, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Sao Paulo (Aeroport, BR	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Descanso Rs, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Medicine Bow, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Grootvlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1980	Vinton, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 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 1,018 records.

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

Records on 02-18 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1809	1
1813	2
1827	2
1838	1
1846	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1880	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1895	6
1896	7
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	10
1901	5
1902	3
1903	31
1904	8
1905	11
1906	10
1907	10
1908	10
1909	12
1910	21
1911	42
1912	28
1913	29
1914	15
1915	20
1916	24
1917	44
1918	112
1919	500
1920	39
1921	86
1922	58
1923	97
1924	174
1925	66
1926	231
1927	310
1928	462
1929	483
1930	628
1931	371
1932	200
1933	134
1934	217
1935	137
1936	1,487
1937	284
1938	775
1939	308
1940	407
1941	164
1942	579
1943	436
1944	465
1945	205
1946	793
1947	248
1948	783
1949	543
1950	721
1951	642
1952	510
1953	148
1954	596
1955	795
1956	1,016
1957	322
1958	1,549
1959	695
1960	366
1961	1,418
1962	605
1963	359
1964	249
1965	306
1966	711
1967	537
1968	478
1969	456
1970	454
1971	822
1972	445
1973	690
1974	467
1975	682
1976	1,075
1977	799
1978	1,766
1979	2,300
1980	1,018
1981	2,438
1982	574
1983	620
1984	912
1985	690
1986	1,679
1987	528
1988	585
1989	1,034
1990	1,324
1991	937
1992	488
1993	1,960
1994	889
1995	939
1996	1,031
1997	1,039
1998	1,892
1999	644
2000	1,249
2001	470
2002	832
2003	1,128
2004	968
2005	595
2006	1,872
2007	835
2008	989
2009	664
2010	1,634
2011	1,600
2012	628
2013	388
2014	846
2015	831
2016	794
2017	1,033
2018	611
2019	1,411
2020	1,050
2021	1,711
2022	1,144
2023	984
2024	860
2025	1,063
2026	1,127

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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	789
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1