Weather Records on 1 April 1980

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1980. Highest significance: Fowler 1 SE, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 1980

On 1 April 1980, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 709 daily.
Fowler 1 SE set a monthly record daily snowfall of 24.1 cm (9.5 in) on 1 April 1980.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

797 stations

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

Weather records on 1 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Paxton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vona	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barra de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacigua (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pendroy 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doherty Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Otis 11 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nouadhibou Port-Etienne	Mauritania	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vona	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norristown	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record snow depth	200.7 cm (79.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 118, Deepest snow cover 90.

Records on 1 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	118
Deepest snow cover	90

Records on 1 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 86, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1980

Top 20 records on 1 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1980	Fowler 1 SE, US	monthly snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	72 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1980	Paxton, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1980	Ordway 4 W, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1980	Vona, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1980	Benkelman 1N, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1980	Saint Francis, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1980	Palpan, MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1980	Imperial, US	monthly snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Wauneta, US	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Fleming, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Barra de Sao Francisco, BR	monthly rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Hoxie, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Kingsley Dam, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Sidney Muni AP, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Goodland, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Ordway 4 W, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Torrington Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Lodgepole, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Eads, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1980	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 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

1803 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1980. 1980 had 797 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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	600
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1