Weather Records on 15 August 1980

745 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1980. Highest significance: Kaycee, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 1980

On 15 August 1980, 745 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 722 daily.
Kaycee set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 15 August 1980.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

745 stations

745 station records on 15 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kaycee	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richwoods	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nagold	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donaueschingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bagotville A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
High Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darrouzett	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nokomis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillips	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Guerrero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine Miller Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

745 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

570 broken records

Margins by which the 570 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1980

Top 20 records on 15 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1980	Kaycee, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 August 1980	Leoti, US	monthly rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 August 1980	Hayden, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 August 1980	Elk, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Grenfell, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Gaspe, CA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Echeta 2 NW, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Francis, CA	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Bad Bergzabern, DE	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Richwoods, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Lipscomb, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Albanel, CA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Nagold, DE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Gillette 18 SW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Pforzheim-Eutingen, DE	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Wendover AP AWOS, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1980	Slippery Rock 1 SSW, US	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	44 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 745 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	565
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1