Weather Records on 8 October 1980

758 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1980. Highest significance: Graz, AT.

Key Facts for 8 October 1980

On 8 October 1980, 758 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
588 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 746 daily.
Graz set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.2 mm (2.9 in) on 8 October 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

758 stations

758 station records on 8 October 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joinville (Rvpsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pariquera-Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broadview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

758 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 473, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	473
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1980

Top 20 records on 8 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1980	Graz, AT	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Bologna, IT	daily high min	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Snowville, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Joinville (Rvpsc), BR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Rijeka, HR	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Lemon Cove, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Creighton, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Pariquera-Acu, BR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Coloso, PR	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Oakdale, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1980	Aralskoe More, KZ	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1980	Tropic, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	74 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1980	Enderby, CA	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1980	Los Gatos, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1980	Alexandria, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1980	Rosalia, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1980	Kaycee, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1980	O'Neill, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1980	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	32 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

1802 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1980. 1980 had 758 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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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 10	563
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1