Weather Records on 14 August 1980

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1980. Highest significance: Medicine Lodge, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1980

On 14 August 1980, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 520 daily.
Medicine Lodge set a monthly record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 14 August 1980.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 14 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clearmont 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shiprock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meoqui (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soroca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 20, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1980

Top 20 records on 14 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1980	Medicine Lodge, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1980	Clearmont 5 SW, US	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Kirrama Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Oxford, GB	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	120 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Willcox, US	all-time rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Miami, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Hoxie, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Ft Stockton, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Eagle, US	all-time rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Gouverneur 3 NW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Joplin Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Eastbourne, GB	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Hull, GB	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Aledo, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Casey, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1980	Richmond, CA	daily low max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	41 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 544 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	397
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1