Weather Records on 23 January 1983

845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1983. Highest significance: Shahat, LY.

Key Facts for 23 January 1983

On 23 January 1983, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 823 daily.
Shahat set a daily record precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 23 January 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

845 stations

845 station records on 23 January 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shahat	Libya	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Laguna	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Key West NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tascosa	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chacon	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abernathy	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petawawa Nat Forestry	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petawawa Nat Forestry	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.6 cm (13.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itauninhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kerlinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Alexandre (Voturuna)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newhall S Fc32Ce	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Umbarger	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fontana Kaiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Margarita Boost	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

845 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 59.

Records on 23 January 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	59

Records on 23 January 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

722 broken records

Margins by which the 722 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

23 January 1983

Top 20 records on 23 January 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1983	Shahat, LY	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1983	Laguna, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1983	Tracy Carbona, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Key West NAS, US	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Santa Paula, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Royal Palm Rs, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Tascosa, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Key W Intl AP, US	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Hereford, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Tahoka, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Chacon, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Abernathy, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Lubbock, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Boise City 2 E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Dalhart FAA AP, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Petawawa Nat Forestry, CA	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Petawawa Nat Forestry, CA	daily snowfall	34.6 cm (13.6 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1983	Itauninhas, BR	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	44 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 845 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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	676
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1