Weather Records on 4 December 1980

976 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1980. Highest significance: Dzhambejty, KZ.

Key Facts for 4 December 1980

On 4 December 1980, 976 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
251 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 940 daily.
Dzhambejty set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.5 mm (1.1 in) on 4 December 1980.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

976 stations

976 station records on 4 December 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dzhambejty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bujumbura	Burundi	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beralga Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coronation A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Clemente Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dorena	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dores Do Manhumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vermilion A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pokataroo (Durhambone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

976 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 166, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 131.

Records on 4 December 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	166
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	131

Records on 4 December 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 940.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

818 broken records

Margins by which the 818 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1980

Top 20 records on 4 December 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1980	Dzhambejty, KZ	monthly rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Mangochi, MW	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Arnsberg, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Bellingham 2 N, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Macwood, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Drain, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Peachester, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Bujumbura, BI	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Moab, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Beralga Homestead, AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Coronation A, CA	daily snowfall	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Nkhota Kota, MW	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1980	Cooyar Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	82 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

1796 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1980. 1980 had 976 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	702
25 to 50	55
50 to 75	32
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	10
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	5