Weather Records on 29 August 1980

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 1980. Highest significance: Colgate, US.

Key Facts for 29 August 1980

On 29 August 1980, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 464 daily.
Colgate set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 29 August 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 29 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio de Jesus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Babbitt 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burleson 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Autlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Korf	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whidbey Island NAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thunder Bay A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zilair	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ceuta (Monte Hacho)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 157, Heaviest daily rainfall 123.

Records on 29 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	157
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 55, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

392 broken records

Margins by which the 392 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 1980

Top 20 records on 29 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 1980	Colgate, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Santo Antonio de Jesus, BR	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Red Lake Falls, US	all-time rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Olga 2 SE, US	monthly low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Cameron Falls, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Paisley, GB	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Baudette, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Coupeville 1 S, US	monthly low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Feira de Santana, BR	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Babbitt 2 SE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Podor, SN	daily high min	27.3 C (81.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	121 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Mundo Novo, BR	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Potchefstroom;Braksp, ZA	monthly rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Enterprise, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Moro, US	monthly low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Mine Centre, CA	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 1980	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	37 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

1807 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1980. 1980 had 521 records.

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

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

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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	358
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4