Weather Records on 7 February 1983

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1983. Highest significance: De Kroon (Irr), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 February 1983

On 7 February 1983, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 624 daily.
De Kroon (Irr) set a daily record precipitation of 76.0 mm (3.0 in) on 7 February 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

641 stations

641 station records on 7 February 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Kroon (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Belem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pesqueira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Caetano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cipo de Leite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morretes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Anne de la Perade	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.2 cm (8.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Lac Morin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Herkimer	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Umbarger	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fran?A	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abercorn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.2 cm (9.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Ephrem	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 151, Deepest snow cover 100.

Records on 7 February 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	151
Deepest snow cover	100

Records on 7 February 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 624.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1983

Top 20 records on 7 February 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1983	De Kroon (Irr), ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Richmond, CA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Richmond, CA	daily snowfall	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	10.8 cm (4.3 in)	99 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Fazenda Belem, BR	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Gridley, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Milford Gm Proving Ground, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Pesqueira, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Sao Caetano, BR	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Santo Antonio, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Novo Acre (Giqui), BR	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	McPherson, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Cipo de Leite, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Scott, CA	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Bliss 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Northport, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	all-time low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Glennville, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1983	Huntington Lake, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 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

1803 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1983. 1983 had 641 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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	412
50 to 100	55
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1