Weather Records on 21 February 1980

837 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1980. Highest significance: Julian Wynola, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 1980

On 21 February 1980, 837 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
471 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 810 daily.
Julian Wynola set an all-time record daily precipitation of 168.4 mm (6.6 in) on 21 February 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

837 stations

837 station records on 21 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Julian Wynola	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Itajuipe (Piranji)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ia?U	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reriutaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim de Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.3 C (106.3 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ipiau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.4 cm (7.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Varzea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anza	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flores (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hemet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

837 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 280, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 21 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	280
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 21 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 810.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

681 broken records

Margins by which the 681 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

21 February 1980

Top 20 records on 21 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1980	Julian Wynola, US	all-time rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1980	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Itajuipe (Piranji), BR	monthly rain	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Climax, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Ia?U, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Reriutaba, BR	daily rain	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Jardim de Angicos, BR	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	41.3 C (106.3 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Barrett Dam, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Winters, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Poway Valley, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Medicine Bow, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Minot Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Woodland 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Powers Lake 1N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Nazare, BR	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Ipiau, BR	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Baturite, BR	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1980	Cypress River, CA	daily snowfall	18.4 cm (7.2 in)	15.9 cm (6.3 in)	12 years	43 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

1795 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1980. 1980 had 837 records.

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

Records on 02-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	2
1870	2
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	1
1893	9
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	14
1899	3
1900	1
1901	11
1902	8
1903	13
1904	12
1905	6
1906	51
1907	18
1908	12
1909	28
1910	26
1911	24
1912	26
1913	29
1914	25
1915	52
1916	82
1917	415
1918	80
1919	47
1920	23
1921	96
1922	157
1923	40
1924	84
1925	209
1926	101
1927	191
1928	81
1929	403
1930	1,334
1931	197
1932	159
1933	229
1934	423
1935	300
1936	617
1937	699
1938	181
1939	586
1940	159
1941	224
1942	552
1943	460
1944	313
1945	621
1946	149
1947	458
1948	511
1949	889
1950	492
1951	573
1952	356
1953	1,238
1954	958
1955	857
1956	460
1957	709
1958	993
1959	383
1960	493
1961	831
1962	590
1963	1,022
1964	357
1965	275
1966	574
1967	312
1968	1,177
1969	658
1970	545
1971	787
1972	717
1973	790
1974	634
1975	655
1976	845
1977	1,362
1978	1,382
1979	1,212
1980	837
1981	1,600
1982	1,074
1983	608
1984	518
1985	837
1986	1,341
1987	658
1988	633
1989	866
1990	1,971
1991	680
1992	418
1993	1,540
1994	980
1995	1,267
1996	1,742
1997	1,806
1998	1,100
1999	552
2000	812
2001	583
2002	934
2003	1,253
2004	629
2005	840
2006	801
2007	747
2008	1,131
2009	622
2010	1,156
2011	1,379
2012	540
2013	845
2014	881
2015	1,773
2016	1,151
2017	1,828
2018	2,891
2019	1,330
2020	547
2021	879
2022	734
2023	677
2024	648
2025	1,776
2026	552

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	644
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1