Weather Records on 8 August 1980

919 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1980. Highest significance: Hatfield, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1980

On 8 August 1980, 919 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
598 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 874 daily.
Hatfield set a daily record precipitation of 94.2 mm (3.7 in) on 8 August 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

919 stations

919 station records on 8 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wis Rapids Grand Av B	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ripon 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairchild Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Owen 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

919 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 295, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 303, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 8 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	295
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	303
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 38, daily 874.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

674 broken records

Margins by which the 674 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1980

Top 20 records on 8 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1980	Hatfield, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Sparta, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Piaxtla, MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Neillsville 3ESE, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Pittsville, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	St Gabriel de Brandon, CA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Amery, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Wis Rapids Grand Av B, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Gwalior, IN	monthly rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Cedar Falls Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	St Croix Falls, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	St Charles de Mandeville, CA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	El Dorado 1 SSW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Mauston 1 SE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	all-time rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Tuzantla (Smn), MX	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1980	Culpanovo, RU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	39 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

1793 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 919 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	573
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	28
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1