Weather Records on 10 March 1980

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1980. Highest significance: Lake City 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 10 March 1980

On 10 March 1980, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
183 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 485 daily.
Lake City 2 E set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 10 March 1980.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

491 stations

491 station records on 10 March 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Voznesensk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kinuso Rs	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Venterslaager, Bergv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prinshof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonalbo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purlewaugh (Byfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cultus Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wollondilly (Bullio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bannaby (Hillasmount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Limbri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taylors Arm (Lemon Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Puerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 10 March 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 10 March 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 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

10 March 1980

Top 20 records on 10 March 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1980	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1980	Odesa, UA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Voznesensk, UA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Jacksonville NAS, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Vosburg, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Kinuso Rs, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Venterslaager, Bergv, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	St Marks 5 SSE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Prinshof, ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Winburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Mullaley (Garrawilla), AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Bonalbo Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Delungra (Pearsby Hall), AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Montagu (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Live Oak, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1980	Fort Donald (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	36 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

1807 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1980. 1980 had 491 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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	376
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1