Weather Records on 29 September 1980

874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1980. Highest significance: Cochrane, CA.

Key Facts for 29 September 1980

On 29 September 1980, 874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 277 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 788 daily.
Cochrane set a daily record precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 29 September 1980.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

874 stations

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

Weather records on 29 September 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thurber 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valley View	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lavon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sardis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nkhata Bay	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anna	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carnasaw Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Horatio	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Pinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

874 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 29 September 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 86, daily 788.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

680 broken records

Margins by which the 680 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1980

Top 20 records on 29 September 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1980	Cochrane, CA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1980	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	77 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1980	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1980	Propria, BR	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Ashdown 4 SSE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Thurber 5 NE, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Rio Do Pouso, BR	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Clarksdale, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	St Andrews, CA	monthly low min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Cooper, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Amity, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Dekalb, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Mineral Wells AP, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Aspermont, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Strawn 8 NNE, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Valley View, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1980	Hagansport, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	47 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

1836 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1980. 1980 had 874 records.

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

Records on 09-29 in each year
Year	Records
1836	1
1843	1
1854	2
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	9
1900	3
1901	7
1902	14
1903	11
1904	26
1905	11
1906	16
1907	26
1908	20
1909	10
1910	10
1911	64
1912	27
1913	20
1914	24
1915	43
1916	184
1917	19
1918	36
1919	38
1920	22
1921	148
1922	33
1923	89
1924	264
1925	166
1926	195
1927	236
1928	212
1929	243
1930	71
1931	204
1932	234
1933	353
1934	394
1935	188
1936	399
1937	276
1938	423
1939	407
1940	346
1941	511
1942	858
1943	390
1944	398
1945	899
1946	265
1947	467
1948	334
1949	398
1950	472
1951	475
1952	404
1953	1,079
1954	814
1955	375
1956	380
1957	636
1958	309
1959	1,066
1960	143
1961	447
1962	481
1963	996
1964	1,154
1965	689
1966	498
1967	1,250
1968	184
1969	279
1970	629
1971	797
1972	637
1973	769
1974	730
1975	365
1976	636
1977	800
1978	569
1979	581
1980	874
1981	747
1982	911
1983	920
1984	1,447
1985	1,789
1986	1,624
1987	641
1988	554
1989	710
1990	416
1991	747
1992	833
1993	620
1994	967
1995	1,033
1996	1,356
1997	683
1998	1,295
1999	1,440
2000	965
2001	846
2002	557
2003	924
2004	754
2005	1,163
2006	695
2007	929
2008	461
2009	700
2010	1,110
2011	1,572
2012	737
2013	623
2014	548
2015	724
2016	912
2017	433
2018	582
2019	2,193
2020	444
2021	790
2022	600
2023	866
2024	1,391
2025	516
2026	544

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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).