Weather Records on 1 December 1980

1,019 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1980. Highest significance: De Kalk, ZA.

Key Facts for 1 December 1980

On 1 December 1980, 1,019 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 268 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 983 daily.
De Kalk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 1 December 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,019 stations

1,019 station records on 1 December 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Kalk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Farmingdale 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Icem (Usina Marimbondo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Jacinta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Speddingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Caetano Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.1 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carmo Do Paranaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Veselyi Podil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barroso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ernabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orlandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Struishoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Fojo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,019 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 353, Heaviest daily snowfall 115, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 1 December 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	353
Heaviest daily snowfall	115
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 1 December 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 983.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

866 broken records

Margins by which the 866 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

1 December 1980

Top 20 records on 1 December 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1980	De Kalk, ZA	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1980	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1980	Rochelle 7ENE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1980	Barton, AU	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1980	Farmingdale 4 N, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1980	Icem (Usina Marimbondo), BR	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Newell, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Echeta 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Ternopil, UA	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Howard, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Colony, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Ribeirao Corrente, BR	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Blagovescensk, RU	monthly high min	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Belgorod, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Fazenda Santa Jacinta, BR	daily rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1980	Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko, UA	monthly rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	42 years	45 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

1797 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1980. 1980 had 1,019 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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	734
25 to 50	72
50 to 75	33
75 to 100	11
100 to 125	8
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1