Weather Records on 17 December 1980

1,116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1980. Highest significance: Orbost (Comparison), AU.

Key Facts for 17 December 1980

On 17 December 1980, 1,116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
692 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,045 daily.
Orbost (Comparison) set a daily record precipitation of 103.0 mm (4.1 in) on 17 December 1980.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,116 stations

1,116 station records on 17 December 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Denison (Wandocka State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jarpliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dingle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Cairn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf-Sudfriedhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,116 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 468, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 17 December 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	468
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 17 December 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 70, daily 1,045.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

934 broken records

Margins by which the 934 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1980

Top 20 records on 17 December 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1980	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1980	Yarram, AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1980	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1980	Alberton Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1980	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1980	Giffard, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1980	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1980	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1980	Halden, NO	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Saby, SE	monthly rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Durham, CA	daily low min	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	9.6 C (17.3 F)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Heden, SE	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Woomera, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1980	Denison (Wandocka State School, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	48 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

1793 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 1,116 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	891
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1