Weather Records on 9 July 1980

970 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1980. Highest significance: Ntywenka (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 9 July 1980

On 9 July 1980, 970 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
635 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 945 daily.
Ntywenka (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 9 July 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

970 stations

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

Weather records on 9 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Branna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Esso	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vlamingh Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

970 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 350, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 199.

Records on 9 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	350
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 14, daily 945.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1980

Top 20 records on 9 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1980	Ntywenka (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1980	Lyndon, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Gary, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Branna, SE	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Cobra Station, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Esso, RU	all-time rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Gallipolis, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Hamilton Fairfield, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Cherdyn', RU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Ronneby-Bredakra, SE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Holton, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Windsor, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Vlamingh Head, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Horton, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Oneonta, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Eskridge, US	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily low max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1980	Washington 1 W, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	37 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 970 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 10	658
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1