Weather Records on 2 July 1980

1,191 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1980. Highest significance: Crete 4ESE, US.

Key Facts for 2 July 1980

On 2 July 1980, 1,191 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
601 were record highs and 219 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,124 daily.
Crete 4ESE set a daily record precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 2 July 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,191 stations

1,191 station records on 2 July 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Botanischer Garten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buique	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tillabery	Niger	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apiuna -Regua Nova (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corupa (Hansa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ibirama (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ferron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,191 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 314, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 287, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 371.

Records on 2 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	314
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	287
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 58, daily 1,124.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

929 broken records

Margins by which the 929 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1980

Top 20 records on 2 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1980	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1980	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Caldwell, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Koln-Botanischer Garten, DE	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Sao Jose de Piranhas, BR	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Buique, BR	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Borinquen AP, PR	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Crosbyton, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Tillabery, NE	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Dillon 1 E, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Cuero, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Electra P H, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Crete 2 S, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1980	Ardmore, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	69 years	41 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 1,191 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	851
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2