Weather Records on 16 August 1980

855 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1980. Highest significance: Trier, DE.

Key Facts for 16 August 1980

On 16 August 1980, 855 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 248 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 842 daily.
Trier set a daily record precipitation of 52.5 mm (2.1 in) on 16 August 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

855 stations

855 station records on 16 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St John's A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palisades	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Excame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Almont 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gotnja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhny-Chir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexander 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mackenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Driver 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

855 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 208, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	208
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 842.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

678 broken records

Margins by which the 678 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1980

Top 20 records on 16 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1980	Trier, DE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1980	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1980	Savage, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1980	Highmore, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Trier-Zewen, DE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Fullerton, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Timber Lake, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Dillenburg, DE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	St John's A, CA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Luxembourg Airport, LU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Red Bud 2 S, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	New England, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Myronivka, UA	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Palisades, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Quinter, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Diamond Springs, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1980	Excame, MX	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	45 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 855 records.

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

Records on 08-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	2
1811	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	2
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	5
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1882	2
1883	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1890	5
1891	2
1893	6
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	4
1898	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	7
1902	5
1903	12
1904	9
1905	9
1906	11
1907	20
1908	31
1909	25
1910	14
1911	16
1912	30
1913	88
1914	10
1915	32
1916	147
1917	27
1918	72
1919	13
1920	144
1921	42
1922	148
1923	135
1924	139
1925	92
1926	165
1927	314
1928	207
1929	509
1930	158
1931	336
1932	348
1933	260
1934	504
1935	496
1936	728
1937	818
1938	700
1939	340
1940	287
1941	371
1942	447
1943	579
1944	467
1945	370
1946	313
1947	477
1948	342
1949	345
1950	305
1951	423
1952	552
1953	558
1954	648
1955	558
1956	413
1957	402
1958	1,013
1959	354
1960	518
1961	866
1962	423
1963	897
1964	831
1965	565
1966	433
1967	829
1968	824
1969	684
1970	386
1971	641
1972	997
1973	592
1974	689
1975	766
1976	1,153
1977	831
1978	835
1979	1,698
1980	855
1981	766
1982	516
1983	1,251
1984	662
1985	1,063
1986	811
1987	1,120
1988	1,594
1989	730
1990	702
1991	601
1992	2,027
1993	820
1994	1,075
1995	1,542
1996	678
1997	1,284
1998	865
1999	697
2000	873
2001	1,136
2002	1,258
2003	1,220
2004	1,239
2005	813
2006	894
2007	1,442
2008	1,183
2009	1,128
2010	1,239
2011	896
2012	670
2013	770
2014	640
2015	841
2016	786
2017	672
2018	412
2019	430
2020	1,382
2021	825
2022	1,145
2023	1,354
2024	765
2025	661
2026	661

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Data for records on 1980-08-16: 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 100	677
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1