Weather Records on 24 January 1983

786 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1983. Highest significance: Steinkopf (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 January 1983

On 24 January 1983, 786 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 761 daily.
Steinkopf (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 24 January 1983.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

786 stations

786 station records on 24 January 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Laguna	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abernathy	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mitzic	Gabon	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Umbarger	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iconha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Paineiras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cataguases	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Romao (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandspit A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Cuiete-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Jucuruaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dores Do Manhumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

786 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 24 January 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 24 January 1983 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 19, daily 761.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1983

Top 20 records on 24 January 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1983	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1983	Laguna, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1983	W Pt, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Tulia, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Floydada, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Hereford, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Abernathy, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Chittenden, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Manchester, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Tahoka, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Lubbock, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Mitzic, GA	all-time high min	24.8 C (76.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Umbarger, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Iconha-Montante, BR	daily rain	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Usina Paineiras (Dnos), BR	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Amarillo, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Cataguases, BR	daily rain	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Sao Romao (Pcd), BR	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1983	Richmond, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	91 years	41 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

1796 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1983. 1983 had 786 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

Download the Data

Data for records on 1983-01-24: 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 50	639
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1