Weather Records on 31 January 1983

1,078 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1983. Highest significance: Steinkopf (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 31 January 1983

On 31 January 1983, 1,078 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,049 daily.
Steinkopf (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 31 January 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,078 stations

1,078 station records on 31 January 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ecore	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reydon 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aalten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pompeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Anastacio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Herkimer	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,078 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 500, Heaviest daily snowfall 133, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 31 January 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	500
Heaviest daily snowfall	133
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 31 January 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 1,049.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

930 broken records

Margins by which the 930 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1983

Top 20 records on 31 January 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1983	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 January 1983	Cawker City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1983	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1983	Yalta, UA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1983	Munday, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1983	Los Alamos, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Springer, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Lidkoping, SE	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Frankfort, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Independence, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Washington, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Bristow, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	New Castle 1 N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Belleville, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Blue Rapids, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Montcornet, FR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Menard, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Tescott, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1983	Gorinchem, NL	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	45 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

1800 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1983. 1983 had 1,078 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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	867
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1