Weather Records on 23 February 1980

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1980. Highest significance: Touros, BR.

Key Facts for 23 February 1980

On 23 February 1980, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 498 daily.
Touros set a daily record precipitation of 88.3 mm (3.5 in) on 23 February 1980.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 23 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sao Paulo Do Potengi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Serowe	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Perus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vertentes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendencias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Caiada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clube de Regatas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastrap	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
May 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belem Do Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Tome	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acayucan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Acude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pacatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paulistana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 276, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 23 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	276
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 23 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 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

23 February 1980

Top 20 records on 23 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1980	Touros, BR	daily rain	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1980	Sao Paulo Do Potengi, BR	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Serowe, BW	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Perus, BR	daily rain	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Catus, FR	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Echo Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Vertentes, BR	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Puntilla, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Ribeirao Preto, BR	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Indee, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Pendencias, BR	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1980	Serra Caiada, BR	all-time rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1980	Ust Tzilma, RU	daily high min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1980	W Pt, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	85 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1980	Morgan, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1980	Homer AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1980	Mzimba, MW	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1980	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 520 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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	392
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1