Weather Records on 9 April 1980

911 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1980. Highest significance: Oconto 4 W, US.

Key Facts for 9 April 1980

On 9 April 1980, 911 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 877 daily.
Oconto 4 W set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 9 April 1980.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

911 stations

911 station records on 9 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morpara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Idlewild	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotsford A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Panet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glendale Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Anne de la Perade	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
L'Assomption	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Alban	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trois Rivieres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

911 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 497, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 9 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	497
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 9 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 877.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

804 broken records

Margins by which the 804 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1980

Top 20 records on 9 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1980	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1980	St Lin des Laurentides, CA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1980	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Griffiss AFB, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Montebello 3 NE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Detour Village, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Mineola, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Morpara, BR	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Cheboygan, US	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Martinsville Fltr Plt, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	River Falls, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l, CA	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Idlewild, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Gouverneur 3 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Patterson, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1980	Laguardia AP, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	49 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

1793 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 911 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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	795
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1