Weather Records on 22 October 1980

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1980. Highest significance: Ft Assiniboine, US.

Key Facts for 22 October 1980

On 22 October 1980, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 537 daily.
Ft Assiniboine set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 22 October 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 22 October 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chamingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tagus	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tagus	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Epping	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastrap	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tagus	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graysville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.2 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McCook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pendroy 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Spg 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 22 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 22 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 537.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1980

Top 20 records on 22 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1980	Ft Assiniboine, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1980	Rottnest Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1980	Wanneroo, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Bowbells, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Chamingup, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Boddington Shire, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Melstone, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Boissevain, CA	daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Ft Logan 4 ESE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Ingenio Tamazula, MX	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Moosomin, CA	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Deloraine, CA	daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Edmore 4NW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Cairns Post Office, AU	monthly low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1980	Chinook, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	66 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

1793 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 547 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	388
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1