Weather Records on 14 November 1980

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 November 1980. Highest significance: Cairns Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 14 November 1980

On 14 November 1980, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 491 daily.
Cairns Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 14 November 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 14 November 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 November 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abidjan	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moskalvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Vasileva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nanuque-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chitedze	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarna	Sweden	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sitio Arapua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gridino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reboly	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Potengi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Livingstone	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gruver	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ukhta Kalevala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Archer	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Reboly	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Feather Lakes 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Helvecia (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ouray	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karsakpaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 14 November 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 14 November 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 14 November 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 November 1980

Top 20 records on 14 November 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1980	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1980	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1980	Shemya USAF Base, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Abidjan, CI	daily rain	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Moskalvo, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Cape Vasileva, RU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Nanuque-Montante, BR	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Hambantota, LK	daily low min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	McGill, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Chitedze, MW	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1980	Sarna, SE	daily snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1980	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1980	Westcliffe, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 November 1980	Sitio Arapua, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	33 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

1801 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1980. 1980 had 497 records.

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

Records on 11-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	2
1820	1
1823	2
1825	1
1835	3
1839	1
1842	1
1847	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1873	4
1874	2
1875	3
1876	3
1879	3
1880	3
1881	2
1882	1
1883	3
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	5
1899	6
1900	3
1901	12
1902	14
1903	5
1904	17
1905	37
1906	27
1907	5
1908	20
1909	39
1910	7
1911	18
1912	19
1913	32
1914	48
1915	45
1916	86
1917	222
1918	25
1919	122
1920	70
1921	70
1922	37
1923	125
1924	114
1925	147
1926	290
1927	189
1928	296
1929	430
1930	437
1931	490
1932	370
1933	390
1934	229
1935	105
1936	348
1937	306
1938	327
1939	343
1940	1,448
1941	429
1942	310
1943	255
1944	467
1945	325
1946	289
1947	371
1948	171
1949	438
1950	551
1951	817
1952	327
1953	849
1954	201
1955	1,660
1956	556
1957	668
1958	862
1959	1,147
1960	315
1961	614
1962	314
1963	521
1964	872
1965	497
1966	415
1967	555
1968	615
1969	824
1970	526
1971	694
1972	1,159
1973	656
1974	485
1975	734
1976	1,079
1977	589
1978	799
1979	551
1980	497
1981	611
1982	644
1983	918
1984	488
1985	1,510
1986	2,074
1987	548
1988	791
1989	1,028
1990	1,203
1991	771
1992	770
1993	2,410
1994	1,318
1995	1,250
1996	879
1997	1,954
1998	877
1999	1,484
2000	1,448
2001	1,251
2002	516
2003	556
2004	1,008
2005	971
2006	1,012
2007	484
2008	720
2009	960
2010	1,606
2011	701
2012	346
2013	525
2014	1,706
2015	675
2016	699
2017	348
2018	906
2019	1,265
2020	592
2021	678
2022	878
2023	545
2024	454
2025	1,288

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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	339
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3