Weather Records on 7 April 1980

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1980. Highest significance: Bobo-Dioulasso, BF.

Key Facts for 7 April 1980

On 7 April 1980, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 479 daily.
Bobo-Dioulasso set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 49.3 C (120.7 F) on 7 April 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 7 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bobo-Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	49.3 C (120.7 F)	64 of 100 (Major)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Midale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olonesty	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruna-Jusante (on?A)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harmony	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vona	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jose de Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Betania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guarapari (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atilio Vivacqua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sabara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 7 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 7 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 12, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1980

Top 20 records on 7 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1980	Bobo-Dioulasso, BF	all-time high max	49.3 C (120.7 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	39 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1980	Palpan, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Midale, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Hialeah, US	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Estevan A, CA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Paxton, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Olonesty, MD	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Crosby, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Malelane, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Coloso, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Estevan A, CA	all-time snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Willmar, CA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Bowbells, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Richmond, CA	daily high max	14.5 C (58.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Wickiup Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Lake City, US	monthly low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Powers Lake 1N, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Powers Lake 1N, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1980	Bowbells, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	56 years	37 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

1800 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1980. 1980 had 497 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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	397
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1