Weather Records on 9 January 1980

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 January 1980. Highest significance: Hood Rvr Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 9 January 1980

On 9 January 1980, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 762 daily.
Hood Rvr Exp STN set an all-time record daily snowfall of 119.4 cm (47.0 in) on 9 January 1980.
Across 167 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 9 January 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 January 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	93 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kennewick	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Orofino	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Manubie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
La Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wailuku 386	United States	Record daily precipitation	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Namangan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olowalu 296.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ukumehame 301	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kemoo Camp 8 855	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	469.9 mm (18.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Vasileva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 9 January 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 9 January 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 9 January 1980 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 20, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

675 broken records

Margins by which the 675 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 January 1980

Top 20 records on 9 January 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 January 1980	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	all-time snowfall	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	84 years	93 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 January 1980	Bonneville Dam, US	all-time snowfall	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1980	Honaunau 27, US	all-time rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1980	Waialua 847, US	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1980	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1980	Kennewick, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 January 1980	Orofino, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Battle Ground, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Manubie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	The Dalles, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	La Mesa, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Longview, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Prosser, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Wailuku 386, US	monthly rain	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Namangan, UZ	all-time rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Melville, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Prosser, US	all-time snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 January 1980	Kaneohe Mauka 781, US	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	16 years	50 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 794 records.

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

Records on 01-09 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1806	1
1830	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	1
1853	2
1855	1
1857	2
1858	2
1861	2
1862	2
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1881	3
1882	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	4
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	1
1897	6
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	12
1906	13
1907	10
1908	13
1909	9
1910	14
1911	16
1912	64
1913	8
1914	30
1915	29
1916	56
1917	51
1918	76
1919	36
1920	66
1921	71
1922	92
1923	83
1924	161
1925	84
1926	144
1927	120
1928	387
1929	208
1930	919
1931	66
1932	205
1933	287
1934	446
1935	783
1936	577
1937	1,637
1938	250
1939	1,091
1940	623
1941	431
1942	948
1943	342
1944	442
1945	543
1946	623
1947	178
1948	278
1949	1,035
1950	407
1951	261
1952	310
1953	1,148
1954	298
1955	206
1956	416
1957	1,439
1958	661
1959	355
1960	575
1961	140
1962	1,334
1963	690
1964	857
1965	673
1966	289
1967	409
1968	1,461
1969	569
1970	1,833
1971	659
1972	617
1973	1,380
1974	1,392
1975	1,055
1976	792
1977	1,631
1978	1,494
1979	891
1980	794
1981	635
1982	1,162
1983	759
1984	538
1985	1,541
1986	685
1987	1,243
1988	1,247
1989	1,460
1990	1,335
1991	1,048
1992	1,368
1993	1,524
1994	852
1995	1,099
1996	1,632
1997	1,440
1998	1,735
1999	947
2000	677
2001	829
2002	1,889
2003	1,186
2004	717
2005	1,135
2006	872
2007	1,607
2008	1,335
2009	825
2010	1,941
2011	802
2012	604
2013	641
2014	694
2015	868
2016	616
2017	943
2018	742
2019	323
2020	471
2021	405
2022	356
2023	519
2024	1,533
2025	744
2026	1,609

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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 100	628
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	18
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1