Weather Records on 28 October 1980

1,657 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1980. Highest significance: Evergreen, US.

Key Facts for 28 October 1980

On 28 October 1980, 1,657 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
368 were record highs and 351 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 118 monthly and 1,538 daily.
Evergreen set a daily record precipitation of 73.9 mm (2.9 in) on 28 October 1980.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,657 stations

1,657 station records on 28 October 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sumrall	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ofahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shuqualak	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jungapeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phila 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gholson 8 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malmo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,657 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 265, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 621, Heaviest daily snowfall 156, Deepest snow cover 161.

Records on 28 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	265
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	621
Heaviest daily snowfall	156
Deepest snow cover	161

Records on 28 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 118, daily 1,538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,445 broken records

Margins by which the 1,445 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

28 October 1980

Top 20 records on 28 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1980	Evergreen, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1980	Pella 1S, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1980	Albia 3 NNE, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1980	Merrill, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1980	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1980	Uniontown, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Skjak, NO	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	W Blocton, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Centerville, US	monthly snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Cuba, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Osceola, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Buckatunna 1 NE, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Sumrall, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Livingston, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Whatley, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Ofahoma, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1980	Liberty, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	25 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

1802 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1980. 1980 had 1,657 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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	1,123
25 to 50	171
50 to 75	83
75 to 100	48
100 to 125	16
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1