Weather Records on 7 August 1980

871 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1980. Highest significance: Den Helder-1, NL.

Key Facts for 7 August 1980

On 7 August 1980, 871 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
549 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 834 daily.
Den Helder-1 set a daily record precipitation of 50.4 mm (2.0 in) on 7 August 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

871 stations

871 station records on 7 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aquiles Serdan 46	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gazandzhyk	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madereros	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vandalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

871 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 281, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 205.

Records on 7 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	281
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 33, daily 834.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

613 broken records

Margins by which the 613 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1980

Top 20 records on 7 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1980	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1980	Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, US	all-time rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1980	Greenfield, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1980	Portage Wwtp, US	all-time rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1980	St Cloud Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Baraboo Wwtp, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Bungowannah (Roseleigh), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Mauston 1 SE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Ventspils, LV	monthly rain	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Howlong Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Aquiles Serdan 46, MX	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Dundurn, CA	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Dalton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Emmetsburg, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Coddington 1 E, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1980	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 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

1808 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1980. 1980 had 871 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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	552
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1