Weather Records on 9 May 1980

1,030 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1980. Highest significance: Graceville Bowls Club, AU.

Key Facts for 9 May 1980

On 9 May 1980, 1,030 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 363 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 959 daily.
Graceville Bowls Club set a monthly record daily precipitation of 163.2 mm (6.4 in) on 9 May 1980.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,030 stations

1,030 station records on 9 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.0 mm (9.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Thora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.4 mm (9.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Thornton Bvrt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Urbenville Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Cairn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	380.0 mm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Narangba Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,030 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 222, Heaviest daily rainfall 520, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 9 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	222
Heaviest daily rainfall	520
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 9 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 68, daily 959.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1980

Top 20 records on 9 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1980	Graceville Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	79 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Mt Tamborine Fern St, AU	monthly rain	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Mt Crosby, AU	daily rain	141.4 mm (5.6 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Amcor - Petrie Mill, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Manly Railway Station, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Zillmere Post Office, AU	daily rain	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Numinbah, AU	monthly rain	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Kookabookra, AU	daily rain	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Samford Csiro, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Lake Manchester, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Mount Cotton West, AU	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Bonnie Brae, AU	daily rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1980	Harrisville Post Office, AU	monthly rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	63 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

1793 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 1,030 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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 20	696
20 to 40	81
40 to 60	30
60 to 80	21
80 to 100	17
100 to 120	14
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	1