Weather Records on 12 April 1980

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 April 1980. Highest significance: Mt Ayr, US.

Key Facts for 12 April 1980

On 12 April 1980, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 570 daily.
Mt Ayr set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 12 April 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 12 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hope	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Makanga	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prentiss	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Center	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Oak 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Florida	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorgas 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carbon Hill 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Van Vleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amparo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 12 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 12 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 12 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 570.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 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

12 April 1980

Top 20 records on 12 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 April 1980	Mt Ayr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1980	Elk, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 April 1980	Hope, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Monticello, US	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Enterprise, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Tipton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Washington, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Leesville, US	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Hope, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Cloudcroft, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Makanga, MW	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Prentiss, US	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Elida, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Center, US	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Mansfield 4 NW, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	D'Lo 2 SW, US	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Floydada, US	monthly snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 April 1980	Holyoke, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	46 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 611 records.

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

Records on 04-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1810	1
1812	2
1817	2
1826	1
1831	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	1
1865	2
1866	2
1868	4
1869	5
1871	1
1873	1
1874	5
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1881	1
1882	1
1885	2
1889	4
1890	10
1891	3
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	3
1903	10
1904	11
1905	19
1906	24
1907	5
1908	10
1909	16
1910	15
1911	26
1912	48
1913	88
1914	41
1915	125
1916	37
1917	33
1918	40
1919	39
1920	148
1921	34
1922	48
1923	134
1924	69
1925	178
1926	347
1927	179
1928	145
1929	141
1930	638
1931	267
1932	253
1933	551
1934	531
1935	171
1936	277
1937	236
1938	175
1939	1,174
1940	1,407
1941	869
1942	191
1943	614
1944	423
1945	884
1946	347
1947	733
1948	1,496
1949	358
1950	638
1951	1,102
1952	455
1953	707
1954	424
1955	611
1956	382
1957	910
1958	542
1959	513
1960	314
1961	551
1962	510
1963	518
1964	363
1965	659
1966	520
1967	682
1968	717
1969	352
1970	568
1971	587
1972	1,316
1973	903
1974	822
1975	704
1976	1,076
1977	1,069
1978	533
1979	1,096
1980	611
1981	1,068
1982	852
1983	877
1984	671
1985	734
1986	1,350
1987	606
1988	1,369
1989	1,838
1990	946
1991	1,484
1992	1,000
1993	586
1994	1,375
1995	1,173
1996	994
1997	3,094
1998	1,409
1999	873
2000	784
2001	1,369
2002	600
2003	1,079
2004	964
2005	536
2006	796
2007	1,144
2008	1,015
2009	811
2010	935
2011	1,026
2012	666
2013	1,039
2014	597
2015	504
2016	595
2017	519
2018	868
2019	685
2020	1,150
2021	710
2022	1,862
2023	1,262
2024	1,086
2025	1,281
2026	622

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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	441
50 to 100	48
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1