Weather Records on 27 October 1980

1,148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1980. Highest significance: Greeley, US.

Key Facts for 27 October 1980

On 27 October 1980, 1,148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 334 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 90 monthly and 1,058 daily.
Greeley set a monthly record daily snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 27 October 1980.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,148 stations

1,148 station records on 27 October 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarkson	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Niobrara	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,148 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 247, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 365, Heaviest daily snowfall 197, Deepest snow cover 134.

Records on 27 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	247
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	365
Heaviest daily snowfall	197
Deepest snow cover	134

Records on 27 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 90, daily 1,058.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

953 broken records

Margins by which the 953 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1980

Top 20 records on 27 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1980	Greeley, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1980	Bedford, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Indianola 1SW, US	monthly snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Onawa 3NW, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Arcadia, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Minden, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	N Loup, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Central City, US	monthly snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Chilapa (Smn), MX	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Indianola 1SW, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Elwood 8 S, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Los Alamos, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Creston 2 SW, US	monthly snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Le Mars, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Saint Paul, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Wilsonville, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1980	Old Forge, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	46 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

1802 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1980. 1980 had 1,148 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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	699
20 to 40	110
40 to 60	55
60 to 80	47
80 to 100	8
100 to 120	18
120 to 140	9
140 to 160	7