Weather Records on 19 August 1980

648 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1980. Highest significance: Creston, US.

Key Facts for 19 August 1980

On 19 August 1980, 648 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 632 daily.
Creston set a daily record precipitation of 60.7 mm (2.4 in) on 19 August 1980.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

648 stations

648 station records on 19 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jarcevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
East Rainelle 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	43.6 C (110.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itarana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagold	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anatone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bluestone Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nufringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

648 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1980

Top 20 records on 19 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1980	Creston, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Monterey, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Corinne, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Jarcevo, RU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Montello 2NE, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Ogden Pioneer Ph, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Sutton Lake, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Wendover AP AWOS, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Livingston 5 NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	East Rainelle 3 NNE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Kazan, RU	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Odesa, UA	daily low max	17.9 C (64.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Arco, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Luverne, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Mascota (Smn), MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Yates Ctr, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high max	43.6 C (110.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1980	Brookville, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	35 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

1797 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1980. 1980 had 648 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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 20	457
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1