Weather Records on 17 May 1980

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1980. Highest significance: Abbeville, US.

Key Facts for 17 May 1980

On 17 May 1980, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 745 daily.
Abbeville set a daily record precipitation of 149.9 mm (5.9 in) on 17 May 1980.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 17 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Mina 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Falkville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Water Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alberta	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kinder 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shuqualak	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mobile	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kipling 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 330, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 17 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	330
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 17 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 745.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1980

Top 20 records on 17 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1980	Abbeville, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Thomasville, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Columbia, US	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Enterprise, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Houma, US	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Laurel, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1980	Thundelarra, AU	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Belle Mina 2 N, US	monthly rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Falkville 1 E, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Highlands, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Asheville, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Whatley, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Bogalusa, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Centerville Water Pl, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1980	Salina, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	45 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

1802 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1980. 1980 had 768 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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	509
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	31
60 to 80	24
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1