Weather Records on 5 July 1980

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1980. Highest significance: Tarboro 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 1980

On 5 July 1980, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 543 daily.
Tarboro 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 97.3 mm (3.8 in) on 5 July 1980.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 5 July 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Contendas Do Sincora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Karaby-Yala	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Rumorosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karam	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yallourn Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ra-Iz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lorimor	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Grove (Melrose)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ny Westerleigh Stat Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bickleton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 5 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 543.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1980

Top 20 records on 5 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1980	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1980	Contendas Do Sincora, BR	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Karaby-Yala, UA	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Auburn 2 SSE, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Price, CA	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Franklin 3 NW, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Morgan 1 W, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Pontiac, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	La Rumorosa, MX	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Warren, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Hartwell, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Yalta, UA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Harrow Cda, CA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Havraryd_D, SE	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Gainesville, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Aberdeen, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	85 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1980	Laurier, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	35 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

1796 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1980. 1980 had 557 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 July 1980
Margin	Records
0 to 10	319
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1