Weather Records on 16 July 1980

1,457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1980. Highest significance: Olands Sodra Udde, SE.

Key Facts for 16 July 1980

On 16 July 1980, 1,457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,121 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 40 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,382 daily.
Olands Sodra Udde set a daily record precipitation of 38.2 mm (1.5 in) on 16 July 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,457 stations

1,457 station records on 16 July 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Overum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manassas 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bontfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulrika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ogestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malilla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malexander	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bjarka-Saby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rorsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akers_Styckebruk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ameca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ostana	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orlinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hay River A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,457 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 691, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 430, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 215.

Records on 16 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	691
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	430
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 40, monthly 35, daily 1,382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,015 broken records

Margins by which the 1,015 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1980

Top 20 records on 16 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1980	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Hassleby, SE	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Overum, SE	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Manassas 3 NW, US	all-time high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Pendra Road, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Bontfontein, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Ulrika, SE	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Talbotton, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Ogestad, SE	all-time rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Malilla, SE	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Malexander, SE	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Bjarka-Saby, SE	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Rorsbo, SE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Amite, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Natchez, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Akers_Styckebruk, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Morgan 1 W, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1980	Pawhuska, US	monthly high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	42 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

1798 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1980. 1980 had 1,457 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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 16 July 1980
Margin	Records
0 to 10	961
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2