Weather Records on 23 April 1980

1,460 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1980. Highest significance: Malmsbury Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 23 April 1980

On 23 April 1980, 1,460 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
495 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 166 monthly and 1,286 daily.
Malmsbury Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 23 April 1980.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,460 stations

1,460 station records on 23 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Woomelang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Westmere (Montreux)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Walpeup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Boigbeat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Buckalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nandaly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,460 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 353, Lowest daily maximum 169, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 672, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 23 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	353
Lowest daily maximum	169
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	672
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 23 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 166, daily 1,286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,268 broken records

Margins by which the 1,268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1980

Top 20 records on 23 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1980	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 April 1980	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Ninyeunook, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Moyston, AU	monthly rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Narraport, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Charam, AU	all-time rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Forrest State Forest, AU	monthly rain	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Birchip Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Woomelang, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	St Arnaud, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 April 1980	Berrybank, AU	monthly rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	70 of 100 (Major)

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 1,460 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	1,246
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1