Weather Records on 7 September 1983

1,235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1983. Highest significance: Oriente, BR.

Key Facts for 7 September 1983

On 7 September 1983, 1,235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
677 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,176 daily.
Oriente set a daily record precipitation of 75.5 mm (3.0 in) on 7 September 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,235 stations

1,235 station records on 7 September 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oriente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quintana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cabralia Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pompeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Do Costa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cosmorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paraguacu Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fernao Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Duartina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Echapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rancharia (Mc Fadden)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galion Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Panorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corumbatai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caiua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,235 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 294, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 383, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 438, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 September 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	294
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	383
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	438
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 58, daily 1,176.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

966 broken records

Margins by which the 966 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1983

Top 20 records on 7 September 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1983	Oriente, BR	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Quintana, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Chardon, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Cabralia Paulista, BR	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Whitesand Dam, CA	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Pompeia, BR	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Manjimup, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Hillsboro, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Tiffin, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Houston, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Bele (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Lewiston, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Richmond, CA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Sable Island, CA	monthly high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Ljusnedal, SE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1983	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1983. 1983 had 1,235 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 September 1983
Margin	Records
0 to 10	821
10 to 20	90
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2