Weather Records on 14 December 1980

774 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1980. Highest significance: Gleniffer, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 December 1980

On 14 December 1980, 774 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
330 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 758 daily.
Gleniffer set an all-time record daily precipitation of 134.0 mm (5.3 in) on 14 December 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

774 stations

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

Weather records on 14 December 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gleniffer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgeboom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	232.0 mm (9.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brynawe, Paddock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goolgowi (Moira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pafuri	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Adair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hardy A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redickville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brucken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Needles Eye (Ventnor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bergville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itarana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

774 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 377, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 14 December 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 14 December 1980 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

698 broken records

Margins by which the 698 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1980

Top 20 records on 14 December 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1980	Gleniffer, ZA	all-time rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1980	Alkmaar, ZA	daily rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1980	Laghouat, DZ	all-time low min	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1980	Santa Cruz-Litoral, BR	monthly rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1980	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1980	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Wilgeboom (Bos), ZA	all-time rain	232.0 mm (9.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Borenore Store, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Wonthaggi, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Brynawe, Paddock, ZA	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Boorhaman, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Emita, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Potgietersrus, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Goolgowi (Moira St), AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1980	Northport, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 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

1796 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1980. 1980 had 774 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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 50	685
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1