Weather Records on 6 August 1980

818 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1980. Highest significance: Manchester, US.

Key Facts for 6 August 1980

On 6 August 1980, 818 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
426 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 783 daily.
Manchester set a daily record precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 6 August 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

818 stations

818 station records on 6 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Puottaure	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haljum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boutilimit	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgeboom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baxter	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garruchos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arjeplog A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minjilky	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hialeah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

818 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 250, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 235.

Records on 6 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	250
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 29, daily 783.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

583 broken records

Margins by which the 583 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1980

Top 20 records on 6 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1980	Manchester, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1980	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1980	San Luis de la Paz, MX	monthly rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1980	Puottaure, SE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	McPherson, US	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Overbrook 5 SE, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Haljum, SE	all-time rain	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Orono, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Williamsville, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Toms River, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Boutilimit, MR	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Huntingdon, CA	daily high min	21.5 C (70.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Richmond, CA	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Paola, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	W Liberty 3NW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1980	Enterprise, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	41 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 818 records.

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

Records on 08-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1806	1
1808	1
1809	1
1810	1
1822	1
1830	1
1833	1
1847	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	4
1903	16
1904	13
1905	13
1906	24
1907	26
1908	17
1909	14
1910	20
1911	22
1912	57
1913	41
1914	6
1915	108
1916	40
1917	35
1918	526
1919	92
1920	39
1921	49
1922	90
1923	113
1924	150
1925	78
1926	85
1927	132
1928	101
1929	189
1930	356
1931	349
1932	226
1933	284
1934	580
1935	330
1936	318
1937	371
1938	308
1939	311
1940	385
1941	356
1942	303
1943	248
1944	312
1945	458
1946	430
1947	625
1948	1,166
1949	464
1950	480
1951	720
1952	513
1953	646
1954	532
1955	531
1956	447
1957	949
1958	521
1959	422
1960	250
1961	551
1962	496
1963	258
1964	481
1965	390
1966	378
1967	757
1968	586
1969	613
1970	504
1971	945
1972	877
1973	876
1974	884
1975	749
1976	923
1977	623
1978	790
1979	544
1980	818
1981	855
1982	643
1983	1,281
1984	815
1985	874
1986	648
1987	948
1988	873
1989	879
1990	1,463
1991	1,100
1992	1,053
1993	1,569
1994	1,918
1995	1,500
1996	1,038
1997	1,216
1998	1,546
1999	938
2000	870
2001	1,100
2002	988
2003	1,221
2004	1,076
2005	756
2006	849
2007	991
2008	820
2009	1,033
2010	1,205
2011	1,357
2012	845
2013	722
2014	673
2015	827
2016	472
2017	827
2018	598
2019	645
2020	510
2021	457
2022	960
2023	1,177
2024	882
2025	721
2026	955

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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	495
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1