Weather Records on 17 January 1983

592 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1983. Highest significance: Manchester, US.

Key Facts for 17 January 1983

On 17 January 1983, 592 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 582 daily.
Manchester set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 17 January 1983.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

592 stations

592 station records on 17 January 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaiba (Capoeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Cachoeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presidente Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cafelandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rancharia (Mc Fadden)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea Point 1133	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Ribera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pilgrims Rest (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shuttle Meadow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Callao	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Serrana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Ano Bom Do Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

592 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 17 January 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 17 January 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

504 broken records

Margins by which the 504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1983

Top 20 records on 17 January 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1983	Manchester, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Brewerton Lock 23, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Franklinville, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Milan, IT	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Milan, IT	daily high min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	178 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Aracaiba (Capoeiras), BR	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Hana AP 355, US	all-time low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Valparaiso, BR	daily rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Bird City 10S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Lugano, CH	daily high max	21.9 C (71.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Brucefield, CA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Brucefield, CA	daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	9.8 cm (3.9 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Brule Rs, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Colonia Do Cachoeira, BR	daily rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1983	Lugano, CH	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	80 years	35 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

1795 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 592 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	479
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1