Weather Records on 18 September 1980

652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 September 1980. Highest significance: Bhubaneswar, IN.

Key Facts for 18 September 1980

On 18 September 1980, 652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 638 daily.
Bhubaneswar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 240.0 mm (9.4 in) on 18 September 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

652 stations

652 station records on 18 September 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 September 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gorjacij Kljuc	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	111.1 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anahola 1114	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Kut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mascote	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Drexel Un	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

652 records

Records set or tied on 18 September 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 127, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 September 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	127
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 September 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1000.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 September 1980

Top 20 records on 18 September 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 September 1980	Bhubaneswar, IN	monthly rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Cambridge Bay A, CA	daily snowfall	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	5.7 cm (2.2 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Kangiara (Laverstock), AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Gorjacij Kljuc, RU	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	111.1 mm (4.4 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Anahola 1114, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Gulnare, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Lihue WSO AP 1020.1, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Krasnyj Kut, RU	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Waipahu 750, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Dalatangi, IS	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Morgan 1 W, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Denton 2 E, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Mascote, BR	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Evergreen, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 September 1980	Philadelphia Drexel Un, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	38 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

1803 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1980. 1980 had 652 records.

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

Records on 09-18 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1811	1
1814	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	2
1847	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	4
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1869	1
1871	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1889	6
1890	1
1891	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	58
1904	6
1905	22
1906	16
1907	4
1908	11
1909	17
1910	5
1911	8
1912	43
1913	44
1914	56
1915	41
1916	58
1917	99
1918	57
1919	48
1920	56
1921	213
1922	45
1923	114
1924	62
1925	269
1926	205
1927	189
1928	114
1929	309
1930	124
1931	429
1932	226
1933	370
1934	188
1935	281
1936	155
1937	422
1938	373
1939	190
1940	402
1941	318
1942	1,001
1943	624
1944	503
1945	732
1946	576
1947	927
1948	427
1949	356
1950	370
1951	320
1952	340
1953	245
1954	446
1955	672
1956	587
1957	429
1958	491
1959	829
1960	351
1961	478
1962	360
1963	453
1964	282
1965	1,172
1966	498
1967	357
1968	763
1969	424
1970	377
1971	1,245
1972	691
1973	593
1974	559
1975	976
1976	615
1977	619
1978	1,162
1979	709
1980	652
1981	1,671
1982	603
1983	936
1984	951
1985	636
1986	730
1987	1,244
1988	997
1989	778
1990	904
1991	1,377
1992	821
1993	747
1994	852
1995	935
1996	1,237
1997	935
1998	1,038
1999	583
2000	1,146
2001	993
2002	828
2003	815
2004	1,027
2005	781
2006	1,309
2007	670
2008	697
2009	692
2010	1,040
2011	1,050
2012	922
2013	666
2014	682
2015	934
2016	893
2017	518
2018	1,200
2019	768
2020	682
2021	582
2022	613
2023	639
2024	687
2025	471
2026	864

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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	501
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1