Weather Records on 11 February 1983

1,087 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 February 1983. Highest significance: Lewisburg 3 N, US.

Key Facts for 11 February 1983

On 11 February 1983, 1,087 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 39 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 975 daily.
Lewisburg 3 N set an all-time record daily snowfall of 49.5 cm (19.5 in) on 11 February 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,087 stations

1,087 station records on 11 February 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 February 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.7 cm (24.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Philadelphia Drexel Un	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.6 cm (21.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Las Enramadas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Driver 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Panuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New York Laurel Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brookneal	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Leopoldina (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Timberville 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Transou	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mercersburg 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove NAS	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	57.9 cm (22.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carmo Do Paranaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,087 records

Records set or tied on 11 February 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 386, Heaviest daily snowfall 227, Deepest snow cover 128.

Records on 11 February 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	227
Deepest snow cover	128

Records on 11 February 1983 by timescale: all-time 39, monthly 73, daily 975.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

954 broken records

Margins by which the 954 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 February 1983

Top 20 records on 11 February 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 February 1983	Lewisburg 3 N, US	all-time snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	124 years	75 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	74 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Alert Bay, CA	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Dale Enterprise, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Neshaminy Falls, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Pulaski 2 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Frederick Police Brks, US	all-time snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Hagerstown, US	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Parkton 2 SW, US	all-time snowfall	61.7 cm (24.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Shippensburg, US	daily snowfall	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	26.5 cm (10.4 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1983	Philadelphia Drexel Un, US	all-time snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1983	Walkerton 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1983	Athens, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1983	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1983	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	28 years	57 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

1798 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1983. 1983 had 1,087 records.

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

Records on 02-11 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1829	4
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1869	4
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	7
1886	2
1887	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	19
1900	8
1901	1
1902	6
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	6
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	17
1911	39
1912	29
1913	5
1914	73
1915	16
1916	24
1917	15
1918	27
1919	42
1920	20
1921	60
1922	76
1923	55
1924	97
1925	315
1926	63
1927	40
1928	269
1929	369
1930	191
1931	157
1932	1,420
1933	392
1934	318
1935	326
1936	562
1937	511
1938	524
1939	405
1940	396
1941	251
1942	198
1943	404
1944	371
1945	206
1946	386
1947	417
1948	827
1949	376
1950	280
1951	957
1952	460
1953	521
1954	411
1955	1,072
1956	545
1957	448
1958	611
1959	394
1960	732
1961	951
1962	975
1963	685
1964	421
1965	950
1966	774
1967	314
1968	404
1969	731
1970	657
1971	732
1972	320
1973	851
1974	555
1975	569
1976	965
1977	959
1978	1,263
1979	1,975
1980	711
1981	2,439
1982	1,042
1983	1,087
1984	726
1985	1,124
1986	1,188
1987	810
1988	1,159
1989	754
1990	1,050
1991	539
1992	782
1993	1,146
1994	1,770
1995	970
1996	969
1997	717
1998	1,468
1999	2,266
2000	1,066
2001	809
2002	1,740
2003	587
2004	834
2005	1,121
2006	558
2007	782
2008	916
2009	1,680
2010	1,323
2011	1,430
2012	964
2013	765
2014	1,032
2015	790
2016	997
2017	1,508
2018	792
2019	929
2020	1,012
2021	1,055
2022	568
2023	387
2024	820
2025	1,282
2026	654

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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 100	805
100 to 200	108
200 to 300	36
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	3