Weather Records on 9 February 1983

361 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1983. Highest significance: Pindobacu, BR.

Key Facts for 9 February 1983

On 9 February 1983, 361 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 358 daily.
Pindobacu set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 9 February 1983.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

361 stations

361 station records on 9 February 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruy Barbosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandspit A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Equador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salgadalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carbonita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aiuruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malhada de Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.2 cm (9.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Do Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hidrolandia (Batoque)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.3 C (-51.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cesario Lange	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Itanhaem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaxco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morretes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record snow depth	345.4 cm (136.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Herkimer	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ipiau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.8 C (-21.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.1 C (-45.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dzaore	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.6 C (-26.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Istanbul	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hopen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

361 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 9 February 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 9 February 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 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

9 February 1983

Top 20 records on 9 February 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1983	Pindobacu, BR	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Sexton Summit, US	daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Simferopol, UA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	42.5 C (108.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Ruy Barbosa, BR	daily rain	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Edinburg, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Sandspit A, CA	monthly rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high max	2.4 C (36.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	88 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Odesa, UA	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1983	Feodosiia, UA	daily high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1983	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1983	Medford Intl AP, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1983	Nikolaev, UA	daily high min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	80 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1983	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1983	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1983	Equador, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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

1798 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1983. 1983 had 361 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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	273
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1