Weather Records on 11 October 1980

478 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1980. Highest significance: Nufringen, DE.

Key Facts for 11 October 1980

On 11 October 1980, 478 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 474 daily.
Nufringen set a daily record precipitation of 28.2 mm (1.1 in) on 11 October 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

478 stations

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

Weather records on 11 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nufringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tlachichuca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lajedinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Block Island State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Loreto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Extremadura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sackville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tubingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talas	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostana	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Murnpeowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bergaholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gould	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Knittlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soderarm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjarka-Saby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nynashamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Liebenzell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

478 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1980

Top 20 records on 11 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1980	Nufringen, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Stokes, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)", ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Morgan 1 W, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Geisenheim, DE	daily low max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	95 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Haverhill, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Snowflake, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Tlachichuca, MX	all-time high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Coloso, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Haparanda, SE	daily high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	88 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Lowell, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1980	Parker, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1980	Meteghan River, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1980	Carthage, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1980	Lajedinho, BR	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1980	Red Rvr, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1980	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1980	Winslow AP, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1980	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	26 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

1793 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 478 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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	348
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1