Weather Records on 12 October 1980

741 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1980. Highest significance: Wien, AT.

Key Facts for 12 October 1980

On 12 October 1980, 741 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 731 daily.
Wien set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 12 October 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

741 stations

741 station records on 12 October 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagold	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaringi Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Joseph	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Western River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corner Brook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Campo Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn - Cynthia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buhlertal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbeet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Canyon Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

741 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 85, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 418, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	85
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	418
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

628 broken records

Margins by which the 628 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1980

Top 20 records on 12 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1980	Wien, AT	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1980	Graz, AT	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1980	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Hatchville, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Nagold, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg, DE	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Lenningen-Schopfloch, DE	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz, DE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Reutlingen-Betzingen, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Kalkaringi Police, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Dunollie, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Morgan 1 W, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Mount Joseph, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Watertown, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Longwood, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1980	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	40 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

1805 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1980. 1980 had 741 records.

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

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	768

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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 20	595
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1