Weather Records on 25 October 1980

967 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1980. Highest significance: Port Hope, CA.

Key Facts for 25 October 1980

On 25 October 1980, 967 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 313 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 946 daily.
Port Hope set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 25 October 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

967 stations

967 station records on 25 October 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ubatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Coulonge	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wisemans Ferry (Old Po)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gowanda Correctional	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

967 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 151, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 162, Heaviest daily rainfall 553, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 25 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	151
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	162
Heaviest daily rainfall	553
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 25 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 946.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

802 broken records

Margins by which the 802 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1980

Top 20 records on 25 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1980	Port Hope, CA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1980	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1980	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1980	Brockport, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1980	Doylestown, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1980	Belleville, CA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1980	Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Penn Yan, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Johnstown, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Willow Grove NAS, US	monthly rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Campbellford, CA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Perkins, CA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Ubatuba, BR	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Toronto, CA	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	132 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1980	Albion, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	50 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

1800 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1980. 1980 had 967 records.

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

Records on 10-25 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1831	1
1834	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	4
1890	11
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	13
1903	4
1904	10
1905	20
1906	18
1907	14
1908	32
1909	19
1910	15
1911	28
1912	18
1913	51
1914	33
1915	50
1916	19
1917	29
1918	36
1919	73
1920	158
1921	47
1922	210
1923	117
1924	122
1925	297
1926	391
1927	358
1928	104
1929	262
1930	260
1931	317
1932	380
1933	433
1934	983
1935	302
1936	205
1937	328
1938	461
1939	934
1940	491
1941	323
1942	383
1943	321
1944	273
1945	437
1946	460
1947	668
1948	169
1949	761
1950	408
1951	493
1952	331
1953	278
1954	687
1955	573
1956	501
1957	907
1958	285
1959	904
1960	439
1961	237
1962	937
1963	1,115
1964	245
1965	529
1966	347
1967	493
1968	376
1969	462
1970	693
1971	996
1972	409
1973	339
1974	470
1975	1,326
1976	832
1977	824
1978	460
1979	720
1980	967
1981	1,200
1982	1,107
1983	484
1984	1,135
1985	595
1986	665
1987	572
1988	594
1989	1,543
1990	554
1991	1,413
1992	1,208
1993	569
1994	610
1995	667
1996	1,016
1997	2,375
1998	903
1999	1,110
2000	1,469
2001	1,338
2002	1,779
2003	1,215
2004	1,107
2005	1,695
2006	1,165
2007	1,289
2008	722
2009	576
2010	1,240
2011	748
2012	1,267
2013	656
2014	945
2015	499
2016	569
2017	737
2018	402
2019	1,000
2020	3,067
2021	1,081
2022	778
2023	1,254
2024	724
2025	505

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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 25	719
25 to 50	59
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1