Weather Records on 23 August 1980

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1980. Highest significance: Experiment, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1980

On 23 August 1980, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 535 daily.
Experiment set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 23 August 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 23 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vomb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corupa (Hansa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsborg_Mo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Bremen	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ituporanga (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tungokocen	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cureton Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ubinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alingsas_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Igarka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 23 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 535.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

428 broken records

Margins by which the 428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1980

Top 20 records on 23 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1980	Experiment, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Silverton, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Macuspana (Smn), MX	monthly rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Vomb, SE	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Rjukan, NO	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Westcliffe, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Leesville, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high min	17.6 C (63.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Corupa (Hansa), BR	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Beaverlodge Cda, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova, RU	daily low min	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Karlsborg_Mo, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Grapevine Dam, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1980	Nova Bremen, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1980	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1980	Anahuac, US	monthly high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1980	Waialua 847, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1980	Springerville, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1980	Burlington, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1980. 1980 had 552 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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	396
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1