Weather Records on 21 July 1980

926 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1980. Highest significance: Nitta Yuma, US.

Key Facts for 21 July 1980

On 21 July 1980, 926 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
483 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 888 daily.
Nitta Yuma set an all-time record daily precipitation of 250.2 mm (9.9 in) on 21 July 1980.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

926 stations

926 station records on 21 July 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zanthus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Freiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grosser Falkenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Springs 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Long Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Granby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annaberg-Buchholz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Mathieu Laprairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pelahatchie	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zwieselberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

926 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 248.

Records on 21 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 25, daily 888.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

670 broken records

Margins by which the 670 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1980

Top 20 records on 21 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1980	Nitta Yuma, US	all-time rain	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1980	Karonie, AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1980	Akron 4 E, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1980	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1980	Nossen, DE	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1980	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1980	S Haven, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1980	Belzoni, US	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Zanthus, AU	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Moorhead, US	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Casey, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Moorestown 4 E, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Freiberg, DE	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Bogucany, RU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Alert Bay, CA	daily high max	27.4 C (81.3 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Metten, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau, DE	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1980	Grosser Falkenstein, DE	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	46 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

1794 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 926 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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Data for records on 1980-07-21: 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	613
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1