Weather Records on 31 October 1980

657 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1980. Highest significance: Myskelasen_D, SE.

Key Facts for 31 October 1980

On 31 October 1980, 657 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 421 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 578 daily.
Myskelasen_D set a daily record snow depth of 42.0 cm (16.5 in) on 31 October 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

657 stations

657 station records on 31 October 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Myskelasen_D	Sweden	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	231.4 mm (9.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuquio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kropotkin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idkerberget	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hunge	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doornhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tlachichuca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manlio Fabio Altamiramo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuichapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

657 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 191, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 31 October 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	191
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 31 October 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 79, daily 578.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

510 broken records

Margins by which the 510 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1980

Top 20 records on 31 October 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1980	Myskelasen_D, SE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Sveg, SE	monthly low max	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Louisburg, US	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Samaria, MX	daily rain	231.4 mm (9.1 in)	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Coloso, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Halmstad, SE	daily low min	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Sveg, SE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Camden 3 W, US	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Falun, SE	monthly low min	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Sonoma, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Dillon, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Vestmannaeyjar, IS	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	El Sauz, MX	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Zacatecas (Smn), MX	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	monthly low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1980	Durham, US	monthly low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	35 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 657 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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	504
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1