Weather Records on 12 January 1983

1,115 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1983. Highest significance: Sable Island, CA.

Key Facts for 12 January 1983

On 12 January 1983, 1,115 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
838 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 89 monthly and 1,020 daily.
Sable Island set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 12 January 1983.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

1,115 stations

1,115 station records on 12 January 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Usina Ituere	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	179.2 mm (7.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tabuleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guarani	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	156.6 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bady Bassit	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.3 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corner Brook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,115 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 435, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 403, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 12 January 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	435
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	403
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 12 January 1983 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 89, daily 1,020.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

938 broken records

Margins by which the 938 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1983

Top 20 records on 12 January 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1983	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1983	Usina Ituere, BR	all-time rain	179.2 mm (7.1 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	5 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1983	Palmerville, AU	all-time high min	27.5 C (81.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Tabuleiro, BR	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Hot Springs 2, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Guarani, BR	all-time rain	156.6 mm (6.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Highlands, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Bady Bassit, BR	monthly rain	124.3 mm (4.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Gatlinburg 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Baddeck, CA	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Hot Springs 2, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Liepaja, LV	monthly high min	4.6 C (40.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	7.7 C (45.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	124 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Corner Brook, CA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Baddeck, CA	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Port Hastings, CA	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Orebro, SE	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1983	Farmington, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	87 years	40 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 1,115 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	913
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1