Weather Records on 3 September 1980

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1980. Highest significance: St Petersburg, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1980

On 3 September 1980, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 243 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 502 daily.
St Petersburg set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 3 September 1980.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 3 September 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Novoselenginsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Joli A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Panuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Encarnacion de Diaz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Herreras	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aitkin 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sept-Iles A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Broadalbin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shalaurova Mys	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad del Maiz (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 3 September 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 3 September 1980 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1980

Top 20 records on 3 September 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1980	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	University Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Novoselenginsk, RU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	McKinley Park, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Duluth, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	St Croix Falls, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Allakaket, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Morgan 1 W, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low max	1.4 C (34.5 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Mont-Joli A, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	McKinley Park, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1980	Palmerville, AU	daily low min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1980	Port Hastings, CA	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1980	Bulken, NO	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 September 1980	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 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

1811 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1980. 1980 had 517 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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 100	414
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1