Weather Records on 19 July 1980

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1980. Highest significance: Annean, AU.

Key Facts for 19 July 1980

On 19 July 1980, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
437 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 785 daily.
Annean set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 19 July 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 19 July 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Puruandiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Coodardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Glenorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Melita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yoweragabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nambi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pinnacles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yerilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Atley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madoonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wanarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yakabindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Youanmi Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jeedamya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cullculli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Illgiddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yandal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kargasok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wurarga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Srednij Kalar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meadow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laryak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 267, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 19 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	267
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 42, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1980

Top 20 records on 19 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1980	Annean, AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Manfred, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Yarrabubba, AU	monthly rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Boolardy, AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Leonora, AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Sandstone, AU	monthly rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Mount Magnet, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Puruandiro, MX	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Coodardy, AU	monthly rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Glenorn, AU	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Melita, AU	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Yoweragabbie, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Nambi, AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Austin Downs, AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Windsor, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Cue, AU	monthly rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Booylgoo Spring, AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Depot Springs, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Pinnacles, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1980	Minara, AU	monthly rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	59 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

1799 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1980. 1980 had 835 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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Data for records on 1980-07-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 19 July 1980
Margin	Records
0 to 10	525
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1