Weather Records on 11 August 1980

929 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1980. Highest significance: Griquatown (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 11 August 1980

On 11 August 1980, 929 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 891 daily.
Griquatown (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.0 mm (3.5 in) on 11 August 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

929 stations

929 station records on 11 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Barnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bet-El	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Apuka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Okanagan Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Staplehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Magiscatzin (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Griggs 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

929 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 396.

Records on 11 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 31, daily 891.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 209.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1980

Top 20 records on 11 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1980	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1980	Barnesville, US	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1980	Mission 4 W, US	monthly rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1980	Bet-El, ZA	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1980	Alice, US	daily rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1980	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1980	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1980	Apuka, RU	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Atbasar, KZ	monthly rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Pearsall, US	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Three Rivers, US	monthly rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Rooipoort, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Okanagan Centre, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Staplehurst, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	York, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Independence #1, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Sabinal, US	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1980	Ojinaga (Smn), MX	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	48 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 929 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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 50	701
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1