Weather Records on 19 October 1980

659 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1980. Highest significance: New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US.

Key Facts for 19 October 1980

On 19 October 1980, 659 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 645 daily.
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl set a daily record precipitation of 113.5 mm (4.5 in) on 19 October 1980.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

659 stations

659 station records on 19 October 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruy Barbosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kentwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vermilion Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koonmarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

659 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 19 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 19 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 645.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1980

Top 20 records on 19 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1980	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1980	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1980	Kirkalocka, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Hammond, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Orange, US	daily rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Garden City, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Carville 2 SW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Tandarra, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Murchison, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Amite, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Gaddede, SE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Canton, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	State UNIV, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1980	Ruy Barbosa, BR	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	35 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

1806 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1980. 1980 had 659 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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	476
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2