Weather Records on 31 July 1980

1,047 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1980. Highest significance: Vladikavkaz, RU.

Key Facts for 31 July 1980

On 31 July 1980, 1,047 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
504 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,017 daily.
Vladikavkaz set a monthly record daily precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 31 July 1980.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,047 stations

1,047 station records on 31 July 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Granja	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nitchequon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tillabery	Niger	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roadvale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Pilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aughamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Evangelista (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reno AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Babbiloora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yandaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Airlie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balagansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,047 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 286, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 458.

Records on 31 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	286
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	458
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 23, daily 1,017.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

867 broken records

Margins by which the 867 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1980

Top 20 records on 31 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1980	Vladikavkaz, RU	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	79 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1980	Colton Railway Station, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	La Granja, MX	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Nitchequon, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Hamel, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Reykjavik, IS	all-time high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Berlin-Tempelhof, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Tillabery, NE	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Rockdale, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Oakey Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Angatuba, BR	all-time rain	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	San Ildelfonso Villa Alta, MX	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1980	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	86 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

1804 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1980. 1980 had 1,047 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	754

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Data for records on 1980-07-31: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	787
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1