Weather Records on 24 July 1980

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1980. Highest significance: Chita, RU.

Key Facts for 24 July 1980

On 24 July 1980, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 477 daily.
Chita set a monthly record daily precipitation of 98.1 mm (3.9 in) on 24 July 1980.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 24 July 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	95.9 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karymskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mogzon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuoy-Khaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kolyvan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nieves	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacigua (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uakit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baunt	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Romanovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Flat Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulety	Russia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Savage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Matilde (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ovruch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowbells	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villa de Chiapilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beregovo	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 July 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1980 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1980

Top 20 records on 24 July 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1980	Chita, RU	monthly rain	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	74 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 July 1980	Parker Rsvr, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1980	Zolotoj, RU	monthly rain	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Hatteras, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Bouake, CI	daily rain	95.9 mm (3.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Pee Dee, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Karymskaja, RU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Presa Plutarco Elias Calles, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Turka, UA	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Haigler, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Chicapa de Castro, MX	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Fernandina Beach, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Mogzon, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Morgan 1 W, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Madison Wwtp, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Tuoy-Khaya, RU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	Kolyvan, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1980	St Marks 5 SSE, US	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17 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 487 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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 10	298
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1