Weather Records on 23 March 1983

1,522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1983. Highest significance: Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1983

On 23 March 1983, 1,522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 351 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,495 daily.
Hobart (Ellerslie Road) set a daily record precipitation of 74.0 mm (2.9 in) on 23 March 1983.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

1,522 stations

1,522 station records on 23 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Belgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Campania (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narrung (Yalkuri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Rheban)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Qu Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,522 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 239, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 867, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 95.

Records on 23 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	239
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	867
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	95

Records on 23 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 1,495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,357 broken records

Margins by which the 1,357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1983

Top 20 records on 23 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1983	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Lexton, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Southport, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	daily rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Belgorod, RU	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Triabunna (3 Boyle Street), AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Bridport Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Richmond (Lowlands), AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Levendale, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Holly, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1983	Snug Primary School, AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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

1796 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1983. 1983 had 1,522 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 100	1,330
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1