Weather Records on 10 April 1980

654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1980. Highest significance: Vernon, US.

Key Facts for 10 April 1980

On 10 April 1980, 654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 607 daily.
Vernon set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 10 April 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

654 stations

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

Weather records on 10 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Campanario	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Millbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Itaobim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Slide Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenicia	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitney Point Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Surry Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dores Do Manhumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cockaponset Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newfane	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Knightville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

654 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 10 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 10 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 45, daily 607.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

562 broken records

Margins by which the 562 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 April 1980

Top 20 records on 10 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1980	Vernon, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1980	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1980	Campanario, BR	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1980	Keene, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1980	Plainfield, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1980	Readsboro 1 SE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Burlington, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Whitingham 1 W, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Naboomspruit (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Millbrook, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Pleasantville, US	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Stevenson Dam, US	monthly rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Amherst, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Chicapa de Castro, MX	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Heath, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Hastings Dam 2, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1980	Itaobim, BR	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 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 654 records.

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

Records on 04-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	3
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1854	1
1863	2
1864	2
1865	2
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	8
1901	4
1902	4
1903	10
1904	12
1905	21
1906	24
1907	13
1908	8
1909	37
1910	15
1911	17
1912	55
1913	27
1914	25
1915	61
1916	94
1917	64
1918	43
1919	39
1920	66
1921	44
1922	178
1923	71
1924	119
1925	143
1926	86
1927	205
1928	245
1929	290
1930	646
1931	107
1932	290
1933	392
1934	237
1935	253
1936	186
1937	254
1938	401
1939	363
1940	252
1941	402
1942	548
1943	577
1944	718
1945	1,031
1946	287
1947	355
1948	335
1949	294
1950	599
1951	394
1952	793
1953	601
1954	243
1955	650
1956	377
1957	411
1958	326
1959	527
1960	683
1961	734
1962	258
1963	446
1964	239
1965	770
1966	537
1967	549
1968	498
1969	545
1970	521
1971	569
1972	639
1973	2,070
1974	935
1975	850
1976	431
1977	1,430
1978	1,233
1979	875
1980	654
1981	701
1982	1,138
1983	1,170
1984	548
1985	1,391
1986	562
1987	403
1988	764
1989	1,835
1990	1,135
1991	1,101
1992	929
1993	583
1994	844
1995	1,811
1996	1,475
1997	2,935
1998	899
1999	1,738
2000	651
2001	1,792
2002	589
2003	1,431
2004	548
2005	886
2006	650
2007	848
2008	1,141
2009	1,031
2010	574
2011	1,880
2012	846
2013	1,703
2014	615
2015	667
2016	921
2017	846
2018	861
2019	636
2020	712
2021	749
2022	783
2023	835
2024	713
2025	796
2026	840

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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	544
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2