Weather Records on 11 September 1980

474 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 September 1980. Highest significance: Midland 4 ENE, US.

Key Facts for 11 September 1980

On 11 September 1980, 474 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 455 daily.
Midland 4 ENE set a daily record precipitation of 144.3 mm (5.7 in) on 11 September 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

474 stations

474 station records on 11 September 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 September 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bereznjaki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riddarhyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waskada	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elbow Lake 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leknas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

474 records

Records set or tied on 11 September 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 September 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 September 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 900.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 September 1980

Top 20 records on 11 September 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 September 1980	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1980	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1980	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1980	Magdalena, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1980	Glenwood 2WNW, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Bereznjaki, RU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Mtn Home, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Riddarhyttan, SE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Caldwell, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Socorro, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Ft Duchesne, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Divide, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Waskada, CA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Wisdom, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Alexandria Chandler Fld, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Deloraine, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Morgan 1 W, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Krasnodar, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Ft Stockton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1980	Chilly Barton Flat, US	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	39 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

1809 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1980. 1980 had 474 records.

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

Records on 09-11 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1814	3
1818	1
1830	1
1836	1
1838	3
1839	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	1
1860	2
1861	1
1863	2
1865	3
1866	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	15
1903	13
1904	4
1905	5
1906	10
1907	9
1908	20
1909	12
1910	19
1911	9
1912	25
1913	22
1914	52
1915	160
1916	17
1917	88
1918	62
1919	52
1920	158
1921	52
1922	78
1923	44
1924	290
1925	260
1926	137
1927	300
1928	127
1929	206
1930	136
1931	868
1932	210
1933	276
1934	144
1935	410
1936	567
1937	324
1938	288
1939	561
1940	891
1941	210
1942	234
1943	335
1944	446
1945	341
1946	262
1947	611
1948	424
1949	450
1950	462
1951	247
1952	549
1953	392
1954	363
1955	479
1956	539
1957	470
1958	748
1959	488
1960	423
1961	524
1962	480
1963	359
1964	1,195
1965	414
1966	392
1967	478
1968	835
1969	685
1970	474
1971	464
1972	507
1973	612
1974	430
1975	644
1976	920
1977	406
1978	911
1979	596
1980	474
1981	347
1982	862
1983	1,243
1984	888
1985	844
1986	1,221
1987	595
1988	1,019
1989	1,301
1990	840
1991	843
1992	672
1993	809
1994	713
1995	619
1996	1,030
1997	808
1998	1,821
1999	1,073
2000	1,469
2001	826
2002	1,059
2003	1,022
2004	740
2005	1,163
2006	1,132
2007	947
2008	916
2009	774
2010	965
2011	1,051
2012	687
2013	1,207
2014	1,100
2015	683
2016	677
2017	916
2018	763
2019	806
2020	1,235
2021	851
2022	617
2023	1,034
2024	889
2025	917
2026	615

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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 200	373
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1