Weather Records on 12 September 1980

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1980. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 12 September 1980

On 12 September 1980, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 488 daily.
Bottineau set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 12 September 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 12 September 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sao Francisco da Corredeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Svijagino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bereznjaki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turij Rog	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	111.9 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vjazemskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bisbee 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tivjaku	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spassk Dalniy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hkorol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 September 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 September 1980 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

388 broken records

Margins by which the 388 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 154.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1980

Top 20 records on 12 September 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1980	Bottineau, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1980	Sao Francisco da Corredeira, BR	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Komsomolsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Dalnerechensk, RU	monthly rain	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Baldwin, US	monthly rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Kirovskij, RU	daily rain	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Svijagino, RU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Bereznjaki, RU	daily rain	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Kur, RU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Macuspana (Smn), MX	daily rain	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Turij Rog, RU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Rolla 1NE, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	111.9 mm (4.4 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Vjazemskaja, RU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Muscoda, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1980	Bisbee 6 NE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	44 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

1793 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 511 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 20	350
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1