Weather Records on 29 February 1980

3,969 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 February 1980. Highest significance: Ft Logan 4 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 29 February 1980

On 29 February 1980, 3,969 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
582 were record highs and 2,100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 3,936 daily.
Ft Logan 4 ESE set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 29 February 1980.
Across 43 earlier years (1796 to 2024) the same calendar date averaged 1,584 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 29 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba (Pacatiba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Edderton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Townsend 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tussenvier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Masindi	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haines Junction	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Varzea da Volta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

3,969 records

Records set or tied on 29 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 1,094, Highest daily minimum 343, Lowest daily minimum 1,006, Heaviest daily rainfall 934, Heaviest daily snowfall 199, Deepest snow cover 154.

Records on 29 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	1,094
Highest daily minimum	343
Lowest daily minimum	1,006
Heaviest daily rainfall	934
Heaviest daily snowfall	199
Deepest snow cover	154

Records on 29 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 3,936.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

3,328 broken records

Margins by which the 3,328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 661.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 February 1980

Top 20 records on 29 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 February 1980	Ft Logan 4 ESE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	83 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 February 1980	Busby, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 February 1980	Eastport, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 February 1980	Aracati, BR	daily rain	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 February 1980	Atalaia, BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 February 1980	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Pacatuba (Pacatiba), BR	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Valier, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Fazenda Jardim, BR	daily rain	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Japaratuba, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Muswellbrook (Edderton), AU	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Luiz Correia, BR	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Lima, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 1980	Virginia City, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	83 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1980	Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP, US	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1980	Haines Junction, CA	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1980	Atlin, CA	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	20 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

1796 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1980. 1980 had 3,969 records.

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

Records on 02-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1836	1
1848	2
1864	2
1868	8
1872	4
1876	5
1880	4
1884	6
1888	12
1892	6
1896	10
1904	73
1908	74
1912	149
1916	141
1920	216
1924	547
1928	575
1932	1,617
1936	845
1940	2,033
1944	1,384
1948	1,900
1952	1,358
1956	1,592
1960	3,738
1964	2,071
1968	2,631
1972	3,732
1976	3,701
1980	3,969
1984	3,806
1988	3,343
1992	3,358
1996	4,433
2000	4,297
2004	4,431
2008	4,629
2012	5,184
2016	2,208
2020	1,626
2024	2,341

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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 100	3,288
100 to 200	34
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1