Weather Records on 29 December 1980

959 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1980. Highest significance: Goshen 3SW, US.

Key Facts for 29 December 1980

On 29 December 1980, 959 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
631 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 937 daily.
Goshen 3SW set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 29 December 1980.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

959 stations

959 station records on 29 December 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Munsvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franco da Rocha (Hosp.Juqueri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
"Kageon" Dawes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Riversdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avasjo-Borgafjall_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pirapitingui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Champoton (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bouse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

959 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 425, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 29 December 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	425
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 29 December 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 937.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

795 broken records

Margins by which the 795 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1980

Top 20 records on 29 December 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1980	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Three Rivers, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Waterloo 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Munsvattnet, SE	monthly rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Klimpfjall, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Metapa de Dominguez, MX	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Shamrock Mine, AU	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Newport Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Titusville, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Delungra (Pearsby Hall), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Lake Alfred Exp STN, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Big Creek, CA	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Oujda, MA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Franco da Rocha (Hosp.Juqueri), BR	daily rain	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Creighton, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	"Kageon" Dawes, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1980	Chakola (Riversdale), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	37 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

1799 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1980. 1980 had 959 records.

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

Records on 12-29 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1810	1
1824	1
1829	1
1839	2
1853	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1880	6
1881	4
1882	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	7
1891	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	1
1897	8
1898	7
1899	4
1900	1
1901	18
1902	8
1903	10
1904	16
1905	19
1906	14
1907	10
1908	21
1909	18
1910	7
1911	6
1912	52
1913	12
1914	46
1915	47
1916	69
1917	145
1918	33
1919	157
1920	68
1921	60
1922	42
1923	126
1924	119
1925	209
1926	117
1927	350
1928	93
1929	262
1930	96
1931	363
1932	192
1933	479
1934	406
1935	392
1936	552
1937	280
1938	178
1939	272
1940	648
1941	110
1942	458
1943	232
1944	226
1945	497
1946	1,122
1947	310
1948	711
1949	217
1950	286
1951	571
1952	156
1953	205
1954	955
1955	373
1956	563
1957	527
1958	442
1959	251
1960	404
1961	525
1962	754
1963	285
1964	533
1965	634
1966	719
1967	867
1968	1,028
1969	964
1970	694
1971	660
1972	1,001
1973	674
1974	719
1975	646
1976	748
1977	656
1978	1,349
1979	830
1980	959
1981	713
1982	1,565
1983	2,576
1984	2,687
1985	551
1986	752
1987	1,484
1988	1,082
1989	633
1990	1,861
1991	630
1992	1,099
1993	905
1994	965
1995	1,202
1996	2,213
1997	1,114
1998	783
1999	1,207
2000	1,677
2001	599
2002	959
2003	951
2004	909
2005	858
2006	1,219
2007	1,046
2008	753
2009	1,027
2010	1,308
2011	748
2012	805
2013	714
2014	506
2015	1,440
2016	620
2017	1,559
2018	440
2019	1,471
2020	504
2021	1,098
2022	516
2023	900
2024	931
2025	637

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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	780
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3