Weather Records on 4 August 1980

998 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1980. Highest significance: Chinook, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 1980

On 4 August 1980, 998 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
451 were record highs and 387 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 940 daily.
Chinook set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 4 August 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

998 stations

998 station records on 4 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Paineiras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Itapemirim (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dauphin A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ferron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zimapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broadview	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

998 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 158, Highest daily minimum 324, Lowest daily minimum 229, Heaviest daily rainfall 160.

Records on 4 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	158
Highest daily minimum	324
Lowest daily minimum	229
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 46, daily 940.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

754 broken records

Margins by which the 754 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1980

Top 20 records on 4 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1980	Chinook, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Usina Paineiras (Dnos), BR	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Willow City, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	196 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	San Marcos, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Buffalo, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Brandon A, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Beito, NO	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Wells, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Marion Junction 2 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Ashton 1N, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Virginia City, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Westhope, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Lovell, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Barra Do Itapemirim (Dnos), BR	monthly rain	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1980	Red Lodge, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	35 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

1815 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1980. 1980 had 998 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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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	711
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1