Weather Records on 24 August 1980

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1980. Highest significance: Blythe, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 1980

On 24 August 1980, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 653 daily.
Blythe set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 24 August 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 24 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blythe	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vimmerby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sion	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Selopugino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ganado	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Empleado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zjulzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedona	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boree Creek (Richmond St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 211.

Records on 24 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1980

Top 20 records on 24 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1980	Blythe, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Carabost, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Cotonou, BJ	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Booligal (Belmont), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Calmar, CA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Hamilton, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Vimmerby, SE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Eastport, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Enisejsk, RU	daily high min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Cochrane, CA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Santa Rita Exp Range, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Leesville, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Ravenna, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1980	Sion, CA	daily low max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 August 1980	Gospic, HR	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	65 years	34 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 669 records.

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

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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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	485
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1