Weather Records on 10 January 1983

1,270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 January 1983. Highest significance: Wallal Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 10 January 1983

On 10 January 1983, 1,270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
742 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,256 daily.
Wallal Downs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 301.0 mm (11.9 in) on 10 January 1983.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

1,270 stations

1,270 station records on 10 January 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 January 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Branna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beemer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Anne de la Perade	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hope A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jump Rvr 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamtown Raaf	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha (Craigdarroch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tlell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,270 records

Records set or tied on 10 January 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 243, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 499, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 10 January 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	243
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	499
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 10 January 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 1,256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,075 broken records

Margins by which the 1,075 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 January 1983

Top 20 records on 10 January 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 January 1983	Wallal Downs, AU	all-time rain	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	72 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1983	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 January 1983	Emmett, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Bellingham 2 N, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Flandreau, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Branna, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Beemer, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Ste Anne de la Perade, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	New Salem, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Algona, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Moorefield, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Foremost, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Huntingdon, CA	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 January 1983	Montevideo 1SW, US	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	69 years	42 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

1799 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1983. 1983 had 1,270 records.

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

Records on 01-10 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1820	1
1830	1
1832	1
1841	1
1842	1
1849	1
1851	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	3
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	5
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	2
1897	8
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	4
1905	6
1906	5
1907	5
1908	13
1909	11
1910	24
1911	13
1912	40
1913	12
1914	28
1915	12
1916	41
1917	59
1918	75
1919	27
1920	40
1921	172
1922	48
1923	72
1924	363
1925	114
1926	100
1927	138
1928	517
1929	277
1930	487
1931	92
1932	202
1933	331
1934	228
1935	722
1936	664
1937	775
1938	252
1939	766
1940	502
1941	327
1942	1,097
1943	226
1944	264
1945	635
1946	335
1947	234
1948	264
1949	1,569
1950	756
1951	249
1952	316
1953	702
1954	433
1955	341
1956	583
1957	1,245
1958	403
1959	632
1960	498
1961	268
1962	2,191
1963	876
1964	439
1965	566
1966	184
1967	424
1968	1,072
1969	451
1970	1,072
1971	717
1972	1,177
1973	825
1974	1,685
1975	1,765
1976	566
1977	1,803
1978	1,102
1979	788
1980	940
1981	673
1982	2,368
1983	1,270
1984	543
1985	1,038
1986	815
1987	1,279
1988	1,041
1989	1,034
1990	1,785
1991	1,788
1992	1,263
1993	1,499
1994	716
1995	1,291
1996	1,455
1997	1,286
1998	1,104
1999	745
2000	1,042
2001	793
2002	1,631
2003	674
2004	849
2005	1,414
2006	978
2007	1,196
2008	739
2009	875
2010	1,446
2011	1,718
2012	761
2013	831
2014	415
2015	1,089
2016	868
2017	872
2018	664
2019	272
2020	976
2021	429
2022	298
2023	569
2024	1,071
2025	827
2026	918

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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	1,041
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1