Weather Records on 28 September 1983

941 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1983. Highest significance: Malanda Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 28 September 1983

On 28 September 1983, 941 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
319 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 895 daily.
Malanda Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 28 September 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

941 stations

941 station records on 28 September 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	198.5 mm (7.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	182.5 mm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tolga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Galeana	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matsue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Suwa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	258.0 mm (10.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Itajuipe (Piranji)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karuizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iwami Airport	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Green Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	199.0 mm (7.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	168.5 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ntazepetrovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iida	Japan	Record daily precipitation	205.5 mm (8.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

941 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 192, Heaviest daily rainfall 360, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 28 September 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	192
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 28 September 1983 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 43, daily 895.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

807 broken records

Margins by which the 807 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1983

Top 20 records on 28 September 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1983	Malanda Post Office, AU	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1983	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1983	Yungaburra, AU	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1983	Tadotsu, JP	all-time rain	198.5 mm (7.8 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1983	Arivaca, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Canary Island South, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Leaghur, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Nagano, JP	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Nagoya, JP	daily rain	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Sumoto, JP	daily rain	182.5 mm (7.2 in)	143.9 mm (5.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Tolga Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Sakai, JP	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1983	Tsuyama, JP	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 years	50 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

1794 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1983. 1983 had 941 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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Data for records on 1983-09-28: 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 25	731
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	14
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2