Weather Records on 19 April 1980

844 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1980. Highest significance: Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU.

Key Facts for 19 April 1980

On 19 April 1980, 844 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
437 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 809 daily.
Pooncarie Mail Agency set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.0 mm (3.0 in) on 19 April 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

844 stations

844 station records on 19 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Nkhata Bay	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Old Cunyu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.1 cm (13.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Koordarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tibooburra (Fort Grey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glen-Ayle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vlamingh Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Svobodnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bira	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.8 cm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bratoljubovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edwards Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eudamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jigalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minilya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midlake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

844 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 207, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 19 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	207
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 19 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

669 broken records

Margins by which the 669 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1980

Top 20 records on 19 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1980	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1980	Nkhata Bay, MW	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1980	Old Cunyu, AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1980	Inukjuak Ua, CA	monthly rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1980	Inukjuak Ua, CA	monthly snowfall	34.1 cm (13.4 in)	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1980	Koordarrie, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1980	Tibooburra (Fort Grey), AU	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1980	Yanrey, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1980	Exmouth Gulf, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Glen-Ayle, AU	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Vlamingh Head, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Svobodnyj, RU	monthly rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Bira, RU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Gascoyne Junction, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Belogorsk, RU	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Moorarie, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	McBride 4SE, CA	daily snowfall	11.8 cm (4.6 in)	9.3 cm (3.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Mandora, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1980	Bratoljubovka, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	44 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

1807 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1980. 1980 had 844 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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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	659
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1