Weather Records on 10 August 1980

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1980. Highest significance: Encinal, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 1980

On 10 August 1980, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
469 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 803 daily.
Encinal set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 10 August 1980.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 10 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Refugio	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cibolo Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bricelyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lome	Togo	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anamosa 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Titonka	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 274, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 10 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	274
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 41, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1980

Top 20 records on 10 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1980	Encinal, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1980	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1980	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1980	Karnes City 2N, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1980	McAllen, US	all-time rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Allende (Smn), MX	monthly rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Refugio, US	monthly rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Cibolo Creek, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Harlingen, US	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Runge, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Charles City, US	all-time rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Falfurrias, US	monthly rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	New Hampton, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Alice, US	monthly rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Jourdanton, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Poteet, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Mason City, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1980	Brjansk, RU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	47 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

1814 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1980. 1980 had 849 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 1980-08-10: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	571
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1