Weather Records on 9 August 1980

945 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1980. Highest significance: Beeville 5 NE, US.

Key Facts for 9 August 1980

On 9 August 1980, 945 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
610 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 906 daily.
Beeville 5 NE set a daily record precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 9 August 1980.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

945 stations

945 station records on 9 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Meleuz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tajshet	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bismarck	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mondy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warner Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sitkino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Refugio	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yornup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

945 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 293, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 317, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 9 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	293
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	317
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 34, daily 906.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1980

Top 20 records on 9 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1980	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1980	Meleuz, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Pakri, EE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Hartington, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Tajshet, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Kalispell, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Northwood, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Kingsville Naas, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Cadillac, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	135 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Jefferson, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Corpus Christi, US	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Mylor, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Elberton 2 N, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Donnybrook, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Setauket Strong, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1980	Woodperry, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	39 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

1798 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1980. 1980 had 945 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

Download the Data

Data for records on 1980-08-09: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	630
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2