Weather Records on 12 August 1980

692 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1980. Highest significance: Opodepe, MX.

Key Facts for 12 August 1980

On 12 August 1980, 692 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 675 daily.
Opodepe set an all-time record daily precipitation of 140.7 mm (5.5 in) on 12 August 1980.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

692 stations

692 station records on 12 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Opodepe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Valdaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Plaisante	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Langtry	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Champoton (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ajojucar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vondelingsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moshi	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pelzerhaken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cerlak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cacalotenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lokenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
High Landing 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Rio Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

692 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1980

Top 20 records on 12 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1980	Opodepe, MX	all-time rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1980	Hiddensee-Vitte, DE	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Valdaj, RU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	La Plaisante, ZA	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn, DE	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Castelo, BR	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Moscow, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Princess Anne, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Langtry, US	monthly rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Champoton (Smn), MX	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Ajojucar, MX	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Welbedacht, ZA	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Nieuwoudville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Vondelingsfontein, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1980	Moshi, TZ	monthly rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	40 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 692 records.

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

Records on 08-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	2
1814	1
1815	1
1825	1
1843	1
1851	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	1
1899	10
1900	1
1901	5
1902	9
1903	14
1904	13
1905	16
1906	8
1907	8
1908	31
1909	42
1910	16
1911	33
1912	40
1913	39
1914	26
1915	46
1916	31
1917	134
1918	37
1919	42
1920	26
1921	174
1922	71
1923	89
1924	267
1925	150
1926	154
1927	145
1928	173
1929	276
1930	501
1931	708
1932	418
1933	271
1934	471
1935	408
1936	591
1937	356
1938	237
1939	282
1940	545
1941	481
1942	257
1943	523
1944	595
1945	295
1946	655
1947	729
1948	384
1949	469
1950	442
1951	357
1952	533
1953	227
1954	969
1955	590
1956	265
1957	384
1958	406
1959	388
1960	707
1961	381
1962	466
1963	559
1964	1,346
1965	977
1966	777
1967	1,135
1968	444
1969	629
1970	422
1971	486
1972	473
1973	442
1974	560
1975	593
1976	495
1977	747
1978	571
1979	1,192
1980	692
1981	665
1982	789
1983	923
1984	665
1985	935
1986	615
1987	935
1988	1,518
1989	827
1990	727
1991	726
1992	1,134
1993	936
1994	861
1995	1,654
1996	1,336
1997	1,363
1998	1,215
1999	1,325
2000	741
2001	855
2002	1,345
2003	1,752
2004	1,872
2005	1,085
2006	874
2007	1,209
2008	970
2009	814
2010	1,907
2011	903
2012	910
2013	427
2014	787
2015	757
2016	1,290
2017	533
2018	571
2019	695
2020	730
2021	980
2022	616
2023	779
2024	659
2025	639
2026	849

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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	405
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3