Weather Records on 18 March 1983

1,225 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1983. Highest significance: Undoolya, AU.

Key Facts for 18 March 1983

On 18 March 1983, 1,225 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,189 daily.
Undoolya set a daily record precipitation of 79.6 mm (3.1 in) on 18 March 1983.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,225 stations

1,225 station records on 18 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gunlock Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandrivierspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montenegro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New York Laurel Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alto Uruguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinopolis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cluny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Westerleigh Stat Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheenboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Celo 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,225 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 644, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 18 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	644
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 18 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 1,189.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,064 broken records

Margins by which the 1,064 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1983

Top 20 records on 18 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1983	Undoolya, AU	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1983	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1983	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1983	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1983	Black Lake, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1983	Lake City 2 SE, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Winnsboro, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Escada, BR	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Gunlock Ph, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Alice Springs Airport, AU	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	115.9 mm (4.6 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Raleigh AP, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Waukegan, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Sumter, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1983	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 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

1806 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1983. 1983 had 1,225 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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Data for records on 1983-03-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	1,046
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2